In the Surgical Department of the Hospital, the entire range of general surgery procedures is performed with various specialisations, such as:

• Upper gastrointestinal surgery
• Lower digestive surgery
• Liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery
• Endocrine gland surgery
• Bariatric Surgery
• Breast Surgery

Modern surgical equipment

The equipment of the department is modern and complete, so any surgical operations can be performed comfortably, even some extremely unusual ones.

Robotic assisted system "Da vinci X"

Our Hospital has the state-of-the-art robotic assisted system of the company Intuitive "Da vinci X", thanks to which a large number of abdominal surgeries are performed with robotic assistance.

Manpower

The associates and surgeons of the Hospital are particularly experienced. Many of them have high prestige internationally and a long career in major hospitals abroad. In the Surgical Department of St. Luke's Hospital, was applied for the first time in Northern Greece the endoscopic (laparoscopic) surgery, which today has been generalized and covers a large percentage of abdominal surgeries.

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Upper gastrointestinal surgery

The Surgical Department of our Hospital specialises in the radical resection of oesophageal cancer and stomach cancer, with extensive lymph node cleansing, as well as the Laparoscopic / Robotic assisted treatment of all benign diseases of the Upper Digestive Tract, which makes it an internationally recognized oesophageal surgery centre.

Diseases of the oesophagus, stomach and spleen

• Oesophageal cancer
• Oesophageal/stomach GIST tumours
• Zenker's Diverticulum
• Epiphrenic oesophageal diverticulum
• Oesofageal Achalasia
  
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
  
• Stomach Cancer
• Hiatal hernia
• Intrathoracic hernia
• Tumours and Spleen diseases
  

Operations performed

• Total 3-stage oesophagectomy and extensive 2/3 level lymph node cleansing
• Ivor-Lewis 2-stage oesophagectomy and extensive 2-level lymph node cleansing
• Laparoscopic Oesophageal Heller Myotomy (for oesophageal achalasia)
• Total gastrectomy and lower oesophagectomy with thoracoventricular access and extensive D2 Lymph node cleansing
• Total Gastrectomy and extensive D2 Lymph node cleansing
• Subtotal Gastrectomy and Extensive D2 Lymph node cleansing
• Thoracoscopic 3-stage oesophagectomy (for early cancer/benign diseases)
• Laparoscopic Total/Subtotal Gastrectomy (for early cancer/benign diseases)
• Laparoscopic elongated Gastrectomy (for GIST tumours)
• Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication (for gastroesophageal reflux disease)
• Laparoscopic rehabilitation of Diaphragmatic hernia and Endothoracic hernia
• Laparoscopic Splenectomy

Liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery

Conditions treated

• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancreatic Cysts
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Primary Liver Tumours
• Metastatic Liver Tumours
• Liver Cysts
• Lithiasis/Gallbladder Cancer & extrahepatic bile ducts

Operations performed

• Pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure)
• Laparoscopic/Open Distal Pancreatectomy
• Laparoscopic enucleation of pancreatic tumours
• Right/Left Hepatectomy
• Extended Right/Left Hepatectomy
• Laparoscopic/Open Left Lateral Hepatectomy
• Laparoscopic/Open Atypical Hepatic Resection
• Laparoscopic/Open RF Ablation liver tumours
• Laparoscopic unroofing hepatic cysts
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Colon and rectal surgery

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Conditions treated

• Colon Cancer
• Rectal cancer
• Small intestine tumours
• Crohn's disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Rectal prolapse
• Injury/Rupture of the external sphincter
• Haemorrhoids
• Anal fissure
• Perianal fistula
• Pilonidal cyst

Operations performed

• Laparoscopic/Open Colectomy
• Laparoscopic/Open Anterior resection of the Rectum
• Laparoscopic/Open ventricular resection of the Rectum
• Laparoscopic colostomy
• Pelvic suppuration (anterior/posterior)          
• Transanal excision of tumours/polyps of the rectum
• Laparoscopic/Open Small Bowel Resection
• Total colectomy & ileoanal anastomosis (J-pouch) surgery
• Laparoscopic rectopexy                                                            
• Anterior anal sphincter repair
                                                       
• Haemorrhoidectomy (with various techniques)
• Lateral internal sphincterotomy / botox injection for anal fissure
• Placement of Seton / plug & Advancement flaps / lasers for fistula treatment

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