General & Laparoscopic Surgery in Delhi

Most general surgery at Sama Hospital is done by keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery — small incisions, less pain, and most patients home within a day. Where laser gives a better result, as it does in much anorectal surgery, we use it.

Sama is a doctor-owned, NABH-accredited hospital in South Delhi, treating patients since 1982. Our surgeons are named on this page. The consultant who assesses you is the consultant who operates.

See also: the Sama Laser Piles, Fistula & Fissure Centre and what determines the cost of anorectal surgery.

Keyhole surgery is not a marketing term. It means the abdomen is entered through incisions of a few millimetres rather than opened, and the difference to the patient is real: less post-operative pain, a much lower risk of wound infection, smaller scars, and a return to work in days rather than weeks.

It is not right for everyone. Very large hernias, heavily scarred abdomens and some emergencies are better served by an open operation, and a surgeon who converts to open surgery when the anatomy demands it is making the correct decision, not failing.

Anorectal surgery in particular is an area where over-treatment is common. Most anal fissures heal without an operation. Early-grade piles are treated with diet, medication or a simple outpatient procedure. Gallstones found by chance on a scan, causing no symptoms, can usually be left alone.

We will tell you when you do not need an operation. A doctor-owned hospital has no revenue target pushing it toward the theatre.