The appendix, which is situated at the beginning of your large intestine is a tube-like organ that is usually 8 to 10 cm long.
When your appendix is inflamed you will feel pain around your belly button initially which then localizes to the right side of your tummy below your belly button.

Surgery to remove your inflamed appendix to cure appendicitis is called appendectomy. Delaying the surgery may result in rupture of the appendix causing very serious illness or even death.

If an appendectomy is performed with a large incision to the right side of your tummy, it is referred to as an open appendectomy.

When we use multiple small incisions (usually 3) of less than 1 cm, to enter into your abdomen, and remove the appendix with the help of a small camera that shows the abdomen on a screen and other long specially designed narrow instruments, it is termed as laparoscopic appendectomy.

When the surgeon guides a robot to do the same instead of the narrow long instruments, it is termed a robotic appendectomy.

Removing the appendix does not cause any long-term issues and you can live a normal life without your appendix.

You will be given general anaesthesia for your laparoscopic/robotic appendectomy which means that you will be asleep during the entire procedure.

Your abdomen will be filled with gas (Carbon dioxide) to create the space necessary for the surgery and subsequent small incisions are made to insert a device called a port.

Then with the help of the small camera and the long narrow instruments of laparoscopy or robot, the surgeon completes the procedure.

The advantages of both laparoscopic/robotic surgery are:

• Shorter duration of stay in the hospital
• Returning back to work faster
• Less pain after surgery
• Having normal bowel movements sooner
• Better cosmetic outcome due to smaller scars

You should be able to go home the day you have your surgery, or you might need to stay in the hospital overnight. You need to be able to drink liquids and take some soft diet before you go home.

In case the appendix has already perforated or if the infection is severe, you might need to be in the hospital for a longer time.

You might feel nauseated or vomit after your surgery because of the anaesthesia and surgery. Some discomfort and pain at the incision sites, shoulder, and in your abdomen are also common for 24 to 48 hours. However, you should feel normal in 2 days.

The gall bladder, which is situated at the upper right side of your abdomen, serves as a reservoir for bile which is secreted from the liver and aids in digestion.

When your gall bladder is inflamed or is filled with hard deposits called gall stones you will feel pain around your right upper side of the abdomen and to your back. You might also have problems like indigestion, bloating sensation, nausea & jaundice.

Surgery to remove your diseased gall bladder to remove the gall stones or your diseased gall bladder is called cholecystectomy. Treatments to break up or melt away the gallstones do not work unfortunately and it is essential to remove the gall bladder for your gallstones. Delaying the surgery may result in inflammation and rupture of the gall bladder causing very serious illness or even death.

If cholecystectomy is performed with a large incision to the upper right side of your tummy, it is referred to as an open cholecystectomy.

When we use multiple small incisions (usually 4) of less than 1 cm, to enter into your abdomen, and remove the gall bladder with the help of a small camera that shows the abdomen on a screen and other long specially designed narrow instruments, it is termed as laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

When the surgeon guides a robot to do the same instead of the narrow long instruments, it is termed a robotic cholecystectomy.

Removing the gallbladder does not cause any long-term issues and you can live a normal life without your gallbladder.

You will be given general anaesthesia for your laparoscopic/robotic cholecystectomy which means that you will be asleep during the entire procedure.

Your abdomen will be filled with gas (Carbon dioxide) to create the space necessary for the surgery and subsequent small incisions are made to insert a device called a port.

Then with the help of the small camera and the long narrow instruments of laparoscopy or robot, the surgeon completes the procedure.

The advantages of both laparoscopic/robotic surgery are:

• Shorter duration of stay in the hospital
• Returning back to work faster
• Less pain after surgery
• Having normal bowel movements sooner
• Better cosmetic outcome due to smaller scars

You should be able to go home the day you have your surgery, or you might need to stay in the hospital overnight. You need to be able to drink liquids and take some soft diet before you go home.

In case the gall bladder has already perforated or if the infection is severe, you might need to be in the hospital for a longer time.

You might feel nauseated or vomit after your surgery because of the anaesthesia and surgery. Some discomfort and pain at the incision sites, shoulder, and in your abdomen are also common for 24 to 48 hours. However, you should feel normal in 2 days.

Abdomen has natural areas of potential weakness. In men, the testis (male genital organ) descends from the abdomen to the scrotum at birth through a natural canal in the region of the groin (inguinal region). When any abdominal content(bowel/omentum/bladder) protrudes out through this weakened area of the abdominal wall to form a balloon-like sac, it is called an Inguinal Hernia.

This hernia can cause just swelling in the region of the groin which is visible on standing/straining or can cause pain, discomfort, and even other potentially serious complications like irreducibility/obstruction/strangulation which might require emergency surgery.

Surgery to cure the hernia by reinforcing/strengthening the inguinal region with the help of a mesh (synthetic material, usually prolene) with the help of an incision in the groin region is referred to as open hernioplasty.

When we use multiple small incisions (usually 3) of less than 1 cm, to enter into your abdomen, and repair the hernia with mesh, with the help of a small camera that shows the abdomen on a screen and other long specially designed narrow instruments, it is termed as laparoscopic hernioplasty.

When the surgeon guides a robot to do the same instead of the narrow long instruments, it is termed a robotic hernioplasty.

You will be given general anaesthesia for your laparoscopic/robotic hernioplasty which means that you will be asleep during the entire procedure.

Your abdomen will be filled with gas (Carbon dioxide) to create the space necessary for the surgery and subsequent small incisions are made to insert a device called a port.

Then with the help of the small camera and the long narrow instruments of laparoscopy or robot, the surgeon completes the procedure.

The advantages of both laparoscopic/robotic surgery are:

• Shorter duration of stay in the hospital
• Returning back to work faster
• Less pain after surgery
• Having normal bowel movements sooner
• Better cosmetic outcome due to smaller scars

You should be able to go home the day you have your surgery, or you might need to stay in the hospital overnight. You need to be able to drink liquids and take some soft diet before you go home.

In case the hernia had obstructed or strangulated at the time of surgery, you might need to be in the hospital for a longer time.

You might feel nauseated or vomit after your surgery because of the anaesthesia and surgery. Some discomfort and pain at the incision sites and groin, shoulder, and in your abdomen are also common for 24 to 48 hours. However, you should feel normal in 2 days.