General Surgery Blog

Choosing The Right Surgeon For Gallbladder Removal: What To Consider
Your gallbladder is in your abdomen and helps digestion by storing the bile your liver produces. However, your gallbladder may need to be surgically removed...

Robot-Assisted Surgery: Everything You Need To Know
Robotic or robot-assisted surgery enables surgeons to make smaller, more precise incisions during procedures, leading to quicker patient recovery. At Mr Achal Khanna’s private practice...

Gallbladder Removal Diet: What to Eat and Avoid
Gallbladder removal surgery, or a cholecystectomy, is commonly performed to treat painful gallstones effectively. Gallbladder surgery can be performed laparoscopically (keyhole surgery) or as open...

What Are The Advantages Of Robotic Surgery?
How we perform surgical procedures has advanced rapidly in recent years, and a number of hospitals in the UK now use robotic technology in surgery. ...

What Is The Difference Between Laparoscopic And Robotic Surgery?
Previously, having surgery meant needing large incisions to be made in the body, which required a long recovery time. However, as technology advances in the...

How To Prepare For Gallbladder Removal Surgery
Knowing that you have to have surgery can be daunting, but learning how to prepare for it can help you feel less worried. This guide...

When To Worry About Hernia Pain
Hernias might not cause any pain at first, and the only sign you potentially have one is swelling. However, when pain does occur, it can...

Tips For Your Gallbladder Removal Recovery
Gallbladder removal surgery is a fairly common procedure. Also known as a cholecystectomy, can be carried out as an open surgery or as a laparoscopic...