Gastrointestinal surgery is a branch of surgery which deals with diseases of the parts of the body involved in digestion. This includes the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum. It also includes the liver, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen. Surgery may be used to remove a cancerous or noncancerous growth or damaged part of…
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) surgery is surgery performed to treat pathologies of either the upper gastrointestinal tract (small bowel), gall bladder, liver, pancreas or oesophagus. The upper gastrointestinal (GI) includes the oesophagus (the food pipe), the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) and stomach. Why is upper gastrointestinal (GI) surgery done? The upper gastrointestinal…
GI tract cancer is a collective term used to describe cancers that affect the digestive system. Worldwide, the most commonly diagnosed GI cancers include: colorectal cancer (CRC), gastric cancer, liver cancers (e.g. hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC]), esophageal cancer and pancreatic cancer.