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Gastro-Intestinal Surgery

Understanding

What is GI Surgery?

Gastrointestinal surgery involves the treatment of the diseases of the digestive system and organs involved in it using a surgical approach. Our digestive system involves esophagus (food pipe), stomach, intestines, and rectum. The diseases of liver, gallbladder, and pancreas can also be treated with this surgical speciality.

A damaged body part, like the intestines, or a growth, whether cancerous or not, may be removed surgically. A hernia, which is a weakness or hole in the abdominal wall, can also be fixed with a surgical approach. In order to identify and diagnose digestive system issues, minor surgical procedures can also be performed.

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Types Of

Following tests will be advised by your doctor before gastro-intestinal surgery:

  • Fecal occult blood or fecal immunochemical test
  • Stool culture
  • Colorectal transit study
  • CT scan
  • Defecography
  • Lower GI (gastrointestinal) series
  • MRI scan
  • Oropharyngeal motility (swallowing) study
  • Radioisotope gastric-emptying scanv
  • Ultrasound
  • Upper GI (gastrointestinal) series (also called barium swallow)
  • Colonoscopy
  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
  • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD or upper endoscopy)
  • Sigmoidoscopy
  • Anorectal manometry
  • Esophageal manometry
  • Esophageal pH monitoring
  • Capsule endoscopy
  • Gastric manometry

Procedure of Gastro-Intestinal Surgery

  • During surgery, you will be put under general anesthesia. This is a class of drug that induces sleep. The surgical team will insert a tube into your bladder once you are unconscious. During the procedure, your urine is drained using a urinary catheter.
  • Depending on what your surgical team needs to accomplish, your surgery could take four to twelve hours, they might not be aware of how complicated it is.
  • In case of laparoscopic surgeries, a few small incisions may be made and in case of open surgeries, one large incision will be made on your abdomen.
  • The damaged part is removed and the gastrointestinal tract is repaired, allowing food to make its way through the entire digestive system.

Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to your questions

Q1: What distinguishes gastro surgery from general surgery?

A: Diseases of the GI tract are treated with procedures known as gastro-intestinal surgeries. General surgeons perform general surgery and gastro-intestinal surgeons perform gastric surgeries. These procedures are performed to remove significant bodily defects, malignant tumors, and non-cancerous lesions.

Q2: Can one undergo surgery to eliminate gastritis?

A: The only successful surgical techniques are those that remove the duodenum’s contents from the stomach or gastric remnant. Isoperistaltic jejunal segment (Henley loop) and the Roux-en-Y diversion are proven successful treatments for reflux gastritis.

Q3: What is the duration of a gastric surgery?

A: While gastric bypass surgery typically takes two to three hours, gastric banding (LAP-BAND) and sleeve gastrectomy can be completed in one to two hours.