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