List of Medical Specialities and Services at Fitzpatrick House

  • A wide array of specialist general surgical procedures including the following.
  • Laparoscopic ‘keyhole’ procedures and open operations
  • Hernia operations
  • Operations for gallstones
  • Hepatobiliary surgery
  • General abdominal operations including bowel resections and appendicectomy both laparoscopic and open
  • Gastric surgery for benign and malignant conditions
  • Breast surgery for benign lumps as well as breast cancer operations
  • Thyroid operations
  • Colon and rectal cancer operations
  • Treatment of haemorrhoids
  • Surgery for hiatus hernias
  • Vascular surgery including surgery for varicose veins and for complications of diabetes needing amputations
  • Hand operations for acute and chronic conditions such as Dupytrens’ contracture
  • Operations on the feet
  • Lymph node excisions
  • Surgical procedures on the salivary glands such as parotid gland surgery
  • Abdominoplasty
  • Vasectomy
  • Endoscopy including both Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy as well as advanced endoscopic procedures such PEG tube insertion and endoscopic removal of polyps and early tumours
  • Melanoma and Skin Cancer Care especially of the head and neck including flap and graft surgical procedures
  • General Medicine
  • Cardiac care including ‘stress testing’
  • Treatments for acute and chronic conditions of the lungs
  • Gastroenterology care for chronic bowel conditions such as Crohn’s disease, inflammatory bowel disorders and irritable bowel
  • Skin cancer assessment and treatment
  • ‘Mole Mapping’ Body surface photography to determine whether a mole has changed or a new one appeared. ‘Mole Mapping’ is the creation of an individual patient specific high resolution skin surface photographic atlas that permits allows doctors to determine if a skin lesion such as a mole or spot has changed and might need to be treated or removed.
  • Psychology services for high prevalence disorders such as anxiety and depression, bipolar affective disorders, childhood and adolescent behavioural problems
  • Please ask about other services not on this list