APPENDECTOMY - For appendicitis

APPENDICITIS - Condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix

APPENDICECTOMY - The appendix is a small appendage that hangs from the first part of the large bowel in the right part of your lower abdomen

AORTIC ANEURYSM - An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the aorta, the main blood vessel that comes from the heart
AORTO-BIFEMORAL BYPASS - You have a blockage or partial blockage in the aorta, the main blood vessel that comes from the heart or of one of its branches in the pelvis which supplies blood to the lower limbs

BARIATRIC / OBESITY SURGERY - Bariatrics concerns the causes, prevention and treatment of severe overweight, a condition known as obesity

BREAST EXAMINATION - Is an easy method for finding abnormalities of the breast, but an unreliable method for finding possible breast cancer
BREAST BIOPSY OPEN - Women have breast masses that may cause them concern

CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY - Blood travels from the heart to the brain through 4 arteries in the neck, 2 carotid arteries and 2 vertebral arteries. A carotid endarterectomy is opened up to allow better flow of blood to the brain
CERVICAL NODE - The whole body is fitted out with a huge number of microscopic channels that drain fluid called lymph

CHOLECYSTECTOMY - Is the surgical removal of the gallbladder

COLON REMOVAL OR COLECTOMY - For colon cancer

COLONOSCOPY - The inside of the entire colon can be looked at with an instrument called an colonoscope.

COLOSTOMY -  Is an incision (cut) into the colon
COLORECTAL CANCER - Disease in which malignant (cancer) cells
COLECTOMY - Removal of part of the large bowel usually with joining of the two ends
DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY - For difficult-to-diagnose abdominal pain
DEEP VEIN (VENOUS) THROMBOSIS - Is the formation of a blood clot
DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY FOR LIVER DEFECT - A procedure in which the doctor uses a laparoscope to look at your liver.

DIVERTICULAR DISEASE - Condition of having diverticula in the colon which are outpocketings of the colonic mucosa and submucosa through weaknesses of muscle layers in the colon wal
DIVERTICULITIS & DIVERTICULOSIS - Diverticula can form anywhere, including in your esophagus, stomach and small intestine, most occur in your large intestine — especially on the left side of the colon just above the rectum

GALLBLADDER - Removal for gallstones, usually laparoscopic cholecystectomy

GASTROSCOPY - Looking down into your stomach with a special instrument called a gastroscope

GERD - (GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE)  - Reflux disease

HAEMORRHOIDECTOMY - For recurrent hemorrhoid inflammation

HERNIA REPAIR - Inguinal-, Groin-, Umbilical-, Ventral-, Incisional-, Hiatal Hernia - (LAPARASCOPIC NISSEN FUNDOPLICATION)

HYPERHIDROSIS/EXCESSIVE SWEATING/THORACOSCOPIC SYMPATHECTOMY - Can cure excessive sweating in the hands, face, and underarms and sometimes the feet as well. It also cures problems with persistent facial blushing

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME - Characterized by abdominal pain or cramping and changes in bowel function — including bloating, gas, diarrhea and constipation

LAPAROSCOPIC APPENDICECTOMY - The appendix is a small appendage which hangs from the first part of the large bowel in the right part of your lower abdomen

LARGE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION - Emergency condition that requires early identification and intervention

LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY - Removal of the gallbladder which is located under your liver on the right side of your upper abdomen

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY - Allows magnification of the laparoscopic surgery site up to 20 times actual size, permitting surgeons to see anatomical structures in exquisite detail

LYMPHADENOPATHY - Disease of the lymph nodes

LUMPECTOMY AND AXILLARY LYMPH NODE EXCISION -   A treatment option when a lump has been found in your breast and a biopsy has shown it is cancerous

LUMPECTOMY AND AXILLARY CLEARANCE - A lumpectomy and axillary clearance means the removal of the part of the breast containing the cancer as well as removal of the lymph nodes from the axilla. No muscles are removed

WIDE LOCAL EXCISION AND AXILLARY CLEARANCE

MASTECTOMY OR LUMPECTOMY - For breast cancer; or breast biopsy for lumps or abnormal mammograms

PANCREATITIS -  Inflammation of the pancreas

PARATHYROIDECTOMY - The surgical removal of one or more parathyroid glands

PAROTIDECTOMY - To remove cancerous tumors in the parotid gland

PEPTIC ULCER - An area of the gastrointestinal tract that is usually acidic and thus extremely painfull

RETROPERITONEAL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY BY NEEDLE ASPIRATION - A procedure in which your healthcare provider takes a sample of your retroperitoneal lymph nodes
SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY - cancer causes and prevention, screening and diagnosis, treatment and survivorship

SMALL BOWEL SURGERY FOR BOWEL OBSTRUCTION - A small bowel obstruction is a blockage of the small intestine  

SKIN LESION EXCISION - For melanoma or other skin growths

STOMACH SURGERY - For anti-reflux procedure, ie, hiatal hernia or stomach cancer 

SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND - The submandibular salivary gland is located beneath the jaw and is one of the glands which produces saliva

THERAPEUTIC LAPAROSCOPY FOR REMOVAL OF FIBROID TUMOR - A procedure in which your health care provider uses a laparoscope to remove tumors

THYROIDECTOMY- For thyroid cancer or large nodular goiter

VARICOSE VEINS - There are 2 main systems of veins which drain blood from the leg. These are the saphenous veins which lie under the skin and the deep veins inside the middle of the leg

By Dr Geofré Heyns