National referral center for complex surgeries
The General Surgery Division is the largest surgical services Division in Israel, and leads the country in a broad range of surgical procedures. Complex surgeries on par with prominent international surgical centers are performed with outstanding success rates.The Division is a national referral center for pancreas, liver, and biliary system surgeries; soft tissue sarcoma surgery; gastric cancer surgery; cytoreduction and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC); isolated limb perfusion (ILP), obesity surgery; esophagectomies; advanced laparoscopic surgery; transplantations; and others.
Surgeries are performed by expert surgeons, trained at leading large U.S. medical centers, with years of specialized experience in treating the conditions and conducting complex operations, such as the ones mentioned above.
World-class post-surgical care
Patients who have undergone surgery recover in post-surgical intensive care, an integral part of the Division, supported by a multidisciplinary team of surgeons and intensivists, physicians with advanced critical care certification. This progressive, integrated approach of combining surgeons and post-operative care provides recovery results that are comparable to those of major surgical centers in Europe and the United States. In order to promote recovery and lighten the healing burden, special emphasis is placed on personal attention to the patient and family.
Breakthrough research and advanced education
The Division is affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. Physicians hold academic positions, teaching medical students and residents, as well as training specialists in various general surgery disciplines.
Division physicians conduct intensive research in general surgery, including clinical, translational, and basic research. Specific research fields include cancer development, progression, and metastasis; angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis (the formation of blood and lymphatic vessels from pre-existing lymphatic vessels); epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT); and cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Diagnostic and treatment procedures performed
- Adrenalectomy
- Adult hernia repair surgery
- Appendectomy
- Chemosurgery
- Diagnosis and treatment of obesity
- Diagnostic laparoscopy
- Whipple operation/partial/distal pancreatectomy
- Esophagectomy
- Gastrectomy total/distal/proximal
- Hepatic lobectomy/hepatic resection
- Hyperhidrosis (sweaty hand) surgery
- Kidney transplant
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic colectomy
- Laparoscopic gastrectomy
- Laparoscopic hiatal/diaphragmatic hernia repair
- Laparoscopic liver (hepatic) resection
- Laparoscopic nephrectomy for organ transplant
- Laparoscopic small bowel resection
- Liver transplant
- Lumpectomy/mastectomy surgery
- Pancreas transplant
- Resection of the rectum/Miles procedure/Abdominal perineal resection (APR)
- Retroperitoneal sarcoma surgery
- Splenectomy
- Total/hemi-colectomy/total proctocolectomy ileal pouch anal anastomosis
- Primary and metastatic melanoma treatment
Surgery specialties
- Esophageal and stomach surgery
- Pancreatic surgery
- Hepatobiliary surgery
- Surgery of the colon, rectum, and anus
- Sarcoma surgery
- Cytoreduction and intraperitoneal heated chemotherapy
- Isolated limb perfusion
- Advanced endoscopic surgery
- Obesity surgery
- In-patient trauma care
- Transplantation
- Surgical intensive care
