SURGERY
Mr Thomas Athisayaraj is a specialist laparoscopic general and colorectal surgeon. He provides a comprehensive colorectal cancer diagnosis and cancer surgery (mostly keyhole operations) at West Suffolk Hospital. Mr Thomas Athisayaraj also offers elective and emergency general surgery operations at West Suffolk Hospital
He also offers benign coloproctology services (treatment of hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and fistulas), and elective open and keyhole general surgery operations for suitable patients in both West Suffolk and St Edmunds Hospitals.
Please see the comprehensive list of operations below
Elective colorectal surgery/procedures at West Suffolk & St Edmunds Hospital
- Haemorrhoidectomy
- Haemorrhoidal artery ligation
- Banding of hemorrhoids (This can be done in the clinic and endoscopy as well)
- Botox injection/Lateral sphincterotomy for anal fissure
- Excision of anal skin tags
- Anal fistula surgery
- Pilonidal sinus operation
- Diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy
- Diagnostic and therapeutic flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Diagnostic gastroscopy
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy( Keyhole removal of gall bladder for stones/polyps)
- Laparoscopic appendicectomy(Interval appendicectomy,LAMNs)
- Open inguinal hernia repair
- Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair(TAPP) for suitable patients
- Umbilical hernia repair
- Ventral hernia repair
- Incisional hernia repair(for suitable patients)
- Excision of benign lumps(Lipoma,sebaceous cysts)
- Emergency Laparotomy for small bowel obstruction
- Emergency Laparotomy for Large bowel obstruction
- Emergency Open segmental colectomy
- Emergency Laparotomy/Bowel resection of ischaemic bowel
- Emergency Laparoscopic DU perforation closure
- Emergency Laparotomy for GI perforation
- Emergency Hartmann's procedure
- Emergency Laparoscopic and open total colectomies for IBD not responding to medical management.
- Emergency laparotomy for trauma/bleeding
- Emergency Ileo caecal resection/Right hemicolectomy for Ileo caecal Crohns presenting with obstruction
- Emergency colectomies for bleeding not suitable for IR
- Emergency diagnostic laparoscopy
- Emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy
- Emeregcy laparoscopy+release of adhesions for small bowel obstruction(In selected patients)
- Emergency drainage of acute abscess
- Emergency drainage of acute anorectal abscess
- Emergency repair of obstructed and strangulated hernias
- Acute Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Flexisig+decompression of sigmoid volvulus
- Colonoscopy/Flexible sigmoidoscopy for post-polypectomy bleeding
- Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy(For bowel cancer)
- Laparoscopic extended right hemicolectomy (For bowel cancer)
- Laparoscopic left hemicolectomy (For bowel cancer)
- Laparoscopic high anterior resection (For bowel cancer and complicated diverticular disease)
- Laparoscopic low anterior resection (For Rectal cancer)
- Laparoscopic total colectomy (For bowel cancer)
- Abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer (For Rectal cancer)
- Delorms procedure for rectal prolapse
- Altemeier's procedure for rectal prolapse
- Laparoscopic defunctioning colostomy/Ileostomy
- Closure of defunctioning colostomy/Ileostomy
- Proctectomy
- Parastomal hernia repair
- Reversal of Hartmanns
- Sigmoid colectomy for recurrent sigmoid volvulus