Dr. Rajeev Kapoor, Colorectal Surgeon in Chandigarh, India
Prof. Rajeev Kapoor is the former Head of Surgery from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana as well as former Consultant, Colorectal Surgery, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
Dr. Rajeev Kapoor has got more than 31 years of experience in all aspects of Surgery including Oncology Surgery, Gastrointestinal and Trauma Surgery. He has got more than 19 years’ exclusive experience as a Colorectal Surgeon and Oncology Surgeon dealing with the management of all intestinal cancers including colon and rectal cancers, pelvic tumors and sarcomas. He also treats advanced gynecology cancers as well as soft tissue tumors.
He is a trained Robotic surgeon based in Chandigarh. Dr. Rajeev Kapoor has a training for Minimally Invasive Surgery (Laparoscopic Surgery and Robotic Surgery) for colon and rectal cancers, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Laparoscopic Surgery) for hernia, Minimally Invasive Surgery (Laparoscopic Surgery) for gallstones etc. Dr. Rajeev Kapoor is an accredited Trauma Surgeon.
Dr. Kapoor is also a recipient of the Best Medical Teacher Award from Government of South Australia in 2010. He has got more than 40 national and international publications in his name and delivered more than 200 lectures on topics related to surgery. He is an accredited teacher for postgraduate studies in surgery, both with MCI and DNB. He has supervised more than 150 surgery residents and been a guide for their thesis work.
He established the surgical endoscopy suite and associated training in CMC Ludhiana (CMCL). He implemented Trauma systems and built a modern ER block in CMCL as per international standards and starting the Mobike Ambulance retrieval system for Ludhiana.
He has done Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital Management from IGNOU, Delhi in 2011. He is an experienced Blogger and writes a lot on status of education in India.
Colorectal Pelvic Surgery
Colorectal Surgery encompasses treatment of a wide variety of disorders including cancers of small intestine, appendix, colon, rectum and anal canal. It also included management of other vast variety of cancers of the pelvis, including gynaecology cancers and abdominal sarcoma’s, a variety of cancer which is largely amenable to surgery.
Apart from cancers there are many more commonly occurring diseases handled by colorectal surgeons including reconstruction of anal and vaginal areas, disfigured because of trauma or surgery, restoring continence, treatment of piles or hemorrhoids, anal fistulas, Ulcerative Colitis, Crohns Disease, Radiation proctitis, hernias and gallstones etc
A Colo-rectal Surgeon is a surgeon who specialises in the management of disorders of the small bowel, colon, rectum and anus and other areas of the pelvis. This includes both benign (non-cancerous) and malignant (cancerous) diseases.
In particular colorectal surgeons have been specifically trained in the diagnosis and treatment of GI Cancers. Rectal cancer treatment requires specialised skills to remove the rectum and preserve sphincters to enable the patient to pass stools through the normal route. Use of laparoscopic and robotic surgery in malignancies is their forte.
Diseases covered under Colo-rectal Surgery:
- Cancer of the Small intestine
- Cancer of the Cecum
- Cancer of the Appendix
- Cancer of the Large Intestine
- Cancer of the Colon
- Cancer of the Rectum
- Cancer of the Anal Canal
- Cancer of the Anal Verge
- Retro-peritoneal Tumors
- Soft Tissue Tumors of the Abdomen
- Recurred Cancer of the small and large Intestine
- Pelvic Tumors excluding urogenital
- Anal Polyps
- Rectal Polyps
- Colonic Polyps
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Crohns Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Infective Colitis
- Ischaemic Colitis
- Radiation enteritis
- Radiation colitis
- Radiation proctitis
- Diverticulitis
- Diverticular Abscess
- Recto vaginal fistulae
- Recto vesical Fistulae
- Colo-vesical Fistulae
- Intestinal Fistulae
- Fecal Fistulae
- Peritonitis
- Chronic Pain Abdomen
- Hemorrhoids
- Rectal Prolapse
- Anal Fissure
- Fistulae in ano
- Pilonidal Sinus
- Anal Condylomas
- Pruritis aniInguinal Hernia
- Femoral Hernia
- Incisional Hernia
- Fecal Incontinence
- Vaginal delivery Injuries
- Obstetric Injuries
- Rectal Injuries
- Rectal Foreign Bodies
- Severe Constipation
- Slow Transit Constipation
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
- Acute intestinal obstruction
- Sub acute intestinal obstruction
- Colonic perforation
- Appendicitis
- Toxic Megacolon
- Severe Toxic Colitis