A laparoscopic appendectomy is a minimally invasive operation to remove the appendix, a small pouch attached to the large intestine. It is commonly recommended for appendicitis, which is painful inflammation caused when the appendix becomes blocked or infected.
The whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy) is a major operation that removes the head of the pancreas, part of the small intestine called the duodenum, the gallbladder, and part of the bile duct. It is mainly used for operable cancers and selected non-cancerous disorders affecting this region.
Gastrectomy is an operation that removes part or all of the stomach. It may be recommended for stomach cancer, certain non-cancerous growths, severe complications of ulcers, or selected people with obesity when other treatments have not achieved sufficient improvement.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a minimally invasive operation to remove the gallbladder through several small abdominal incisions. It commonly helps people with painful gallstones, gallbladder inflammation, or related complications when surgery is clinically appropriate.
Cholecystectomy is surgery to remove the gallbladder, a small organ that stores bile used in digestion. It commonly helps people with painful gallstones, gallbladder inflammation or complications caused by blocked bile flow.
Balloon-assisted enteroscopy is a specialised endoscopic procedure used to examine and treat problems deep within the small intestine. It may help people with unexplained digestive bleeding, abnormal imaging findings, persistent anaemia, suspected tumours, or small-bowel narrowing that cannot be adequately assessed using standard endoscopy.
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a procedure that places a flexible feeding tube through the abdominal wall into the stomach using an endoscope, a thin camera passed through the mouth. It supports people who cannot safely swallow or consume enough food and fluids by mouth but whose digestive system can still absorb nutrition.
A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a minimally invasive treatment that creates a channel between two veins in the liver. This channel lowers portal hypertension, which is abnormally high pressure in the vein carrying blood from the digestive organs to the liver.
Vagotomy is an operation that cuts selected branches of the vagus nerve, which carries signals from the brain that stimulate stomach acid production. It may help carefully selected people with severe or complicated peptic ulcer disease when medicines, endoscopic care, or other measures have not provided adequate control.
Cholangiography is an imaging procedure used to examine the bile ducts, which carry bile from the liver and gallbladder to the small intestine. It can help identify stones, narrowing, blockage, injury, leakage or abnormal growths affecting the biliary system.
