General Surgery

The Section of General Surgery provides consultative, diagnostic and therapeutic services for a wide range of surgical disorders including those of the intestinal tract, hernia's, breast, gall stone, biliary tree, liver, pancreas, spleen, rectum, endocrine (including thyroid), vascular system and trauma. Surgeons in the Section also offer complete management programmers in diabetic foot care and breast disease (including prosthesis and reconstruction). The state-of-the-art operating room suites are equipped for “minimally invasive surgery” laparoscopic cholecystectomy and hernia repairs allowing patient to return to their daily activities with a shortened recovery time. The Endoscopy suite has a video capability for diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy of upper and lower gastrointestinal tract. The day care surgery theatres offer surgery under local or general anaesthesia on an outpatient basis through several procedures. Day care outpatient surgery avoids patient's hospitalisation reducing their cost and offering them the opportunity to recover in the comfort of their own home.

Plastic Surgery
The Plastic Surgery service at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) is provided by a full-time consultant plastic surgeon. The service offers expertise in the areas of cleft lip and palate, cosmetic surgery including liposuction, head and neck reconstruction in collaboration with ENT, breast reconstruction in collaboration with general surgery, and full spectrum of reconstructive surgery including microvascular surgery and tissue expansion.

Vascular Surgery
The Vascular surgery offers diagnosis and management of disease of the extra-cardiac aorta and peripheral vascular system, including arterial occlusion and aneurysms and venous disease.

General Surgery Section, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi