Surgery Department
ServicesWe have a very active department with approximately 3000 operations performed every year 27,000 outpatient clinic visits and 1,500 annual admission to our surgical floor.The following services are available:1.General Surgical Oncology2.Gynecology Surgery3.Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) Surgery4.Head and Neck Surgery5.Neurosurgery6.Ophthalmology Surgery7.Oral and Dental Surgery8.Orthopedic Surgery9.Pediatric Surgery10.Urology Surgery11.Thoracic surgery12.Plastic surgery
Why is our service unique?The following expertise and specialties are unique services at KHCC:1.Sentinel lymph node biopsy: A technique used to minimize axillary surgeries done for patients with breast cancer. Less aggressive surgery means fewer complications. 2.Limb salvage surgery: a specialized orthopedic oncologist, with a team of experts, resects bone tumors without the need of amputation. 3.Free flap surgery. This is a transplant procedure of living tissue from one region of the body to another, following ablative procedures for cancer. This is currently performed at KHCC for the restoration of organ function and for aesthetic appearance, particularly in breast reconstruction. 4.The only Head & Neck Multimodality Clinic in the country. The department contributes an oral surgeon, a head and neck surgeon and an ENT surgeon to this program. Together with the other members of the team which include a medical oncologist, a radiation oncologist and a head and neck nurse, the service offers specialized inpatient and outpatient care to patients with head and neck cancers. 5.Laparoscopic surgery: A surgery that requires special proficiency to perform radical surgeries through small openings in the abdomen, relinquishing the need for a large wound. 6.Gynecologic oncology: A specialized surgeon trained specifically to deal with gynecologic tumors (including uterine and ovarian cancers). Other ob/gyn experts work closely with medical and radiation oncologists to cure women with cancer. 7.Pediatric surgery: A team of pediatric surgeons working exclusively on pediatric patients. They insert venous access devices for children that can be used for blood drawing and administration of chemotherapy. They are key players in making decisions related to the management of children with cancer. They communicate their decisions by attending pediatric tumor boards and the multidisciplinary clinic. Both activities give specialists from all disciplines a chance to meet and talk about their patients regularly.8.Urologic oncology: it constitutes around 50% of the genitourinary surgery practice and the majority of the oncological procedures currently done through minimal invasive surgery; endoscopic, laparoscopic or robotic which gives excellent cosmetic and functional results