The Department of Surgery at Changi General Hospital consists of dedicated and sub-specialty trained medical professionals offering a wide range of surgical services.

These services include the following:

• Diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic appendicectomy, hernia repair,
  cholecystectomy and intra-operative cholangiogram, common bile duct
  exploration, repair of perforated peptic ulcers
• Laparoscopic adrenalectomy, fundoplication, colectomy, laparoscopy-assisted oesophagectomy; laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) for
  morbid obesity
• Laparoscopic surgery for advanced malignancies, diagnostic and bypass surgery
  

• One-stop Breast Clinic
• Breast cancer screening and assessment
• Surgery for benign breast lumps
• Mammotome® biopsy for breast lesions
• Surgery breast cancer
• Breast reconstruction
• Positive appearance service
• Breast counselling service
• Support group for breast cancer patient and family
• Multi-disciplinary approach to breast cancer management
  

• Management and staging of colorectal cancer
• Diagnostic and therapeutic lower GI endoscopy.
• Management of colorectal polyps
• Evaluation and management of functional disorders of the colon, rectum
  and anus; including incontinence especially in geriatric patients
• Minimal access colorectal surgery
• Stoma care team to care for patients with stoma
  

• Weekly clinic with medical oncologists from National Cancer Centre to manage cancer patients requiring chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
  

• Hernia surgery including inguinal and incisional hernia repair
• Investigation and management of gastrointestinal tract bleeding & acute
  and chronic abdominal pain
• Management of patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition on advice
  from nutrition team.
• Trauma surgery with multidisciplinary management.
• Oncologic surgery, including soft tissue tumour resection
• Neurosurgery for trauma and haemorrhagic strokes
• Ambulatory surgery for excision for skin lumps and anorectal conditions
  

• Investigation and treatment of thyroid diseases, including thyroid cancers
• Parotid and other salivary gland surgery
• Treatment of head and neck cancers, comprehensive management
  with reconstructive surgery
• Head and neck endocrine disease, including thyroid and parathyroid glands
  

• Surgery of the liver and biliary tract for benign and malignant diseases
• Liver resection for malignancies and benign liver diseases, segmental
  and extended hepatectomy
• Management of biliary tract strictures: post-inflammatory, post-surgical,
  malignancies
• Surgery for benign diseases and cancer of the pancreas
• Minimal access management of stone in the gall bladder and biliary tract and cancers of the gall bladder, liver and biliary duct
• Combining laparoscopic cholecystectomy, therapeutic ERCP and laparoscopic exploration of common bile duct
• Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreaticogram (ERCP) for benign and malignant biliary tract and pancreatic diseases
• Endoscopic and operative management of liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, oesophageal varices
  

• Management of upper gastrointestinal tract disorders, including peptic ulcer
  and gastro-oesophageal reflux diseases and other motility disorders
• Surgery for benign and malignant diseases of the oesophagus,
  stomach and duodenum
• Surgery for morbid obesity with multidisciplinary approach.
• Diagnostic and therapeutic upper GI endoscopy-percutaneous endoscopic
  gastrostomy
• Endoscopic insertion of feeding tubes
  

• Investigation and management of leg ulcers and varicose veins
• Surgery for varicose veins: ligation and excision, subfascial ligation
• Surgery for peripheral arterial diseases
• Aneurysm repair
• Carotid artery surgery
• Endovascular surgery: balloon angioplasty, stentings, stent-grafting
• Stent-grafting of aortic aneurysm conjointly with radiologists
• Amputations for non-salvageable limbs
• Mesenteric and renovasular surgery
• Surgical management of vascular injuries
• Excision of vascular malformation
• Vascular access for haemodialysis

• Recommended for morbidly obese (BMI> 35) patients
• Also suitable for severely obese (BMI>30) patients suffering from serious complications of obesity
• Last option for those who have been unsuccessful in their attempts to lose weight.
• Most common type of bariatric surgery is Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding or lapbanding.