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Surgical & Operative Services
Modern operative care in fully equipped theatres: minimal-access surgery wherever it is the better option for the patient, open surgery where it is not, and an emergency surgical team available every hour of the year.
- fully equipped theatres
- 2
- emergency surgical cover
- 24/7
- first, wherever suitable
- Keyhole
- assesses, operates, reviews
- Same surgeon
Our approach
The smallest intervention that solves the problem
Two questions decide the quality of a surgical service. The first is whether the operation was necessary at all. The second is whether it was done by the least invasive route that would work.
We take both seriously. A surgical consultation here starts with whether surgery is the right answer, and a good number end with a plan that does not involve an operation. When surgery is the answer, we reach for the keyhole route first — laparoscopy through a few small incisions, or hysteroscopy through no incision at all — because the recovery difference for the patient is substantial and permanent.
Because theatres, imaging, the laboratory, the fertility unit and the maternity service are all on one site, an operation is not an isolated event. The team that assessed you operates, watches your recovery, and follows you up afterwards.
Consent that means something
What we operate on
Four surgical areas
Named procedures rather than categories, so you can see whether what you need is done here.
Minimal-access (keyhole) surgery
Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic procedures performed through small incisions or through the cervix, with high-definition imaging and fine instruments.
- Diagnostic laparoscopy and tubal dye test
- Laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis
- Adhesiolysis for pelvic adhesions
- Ovarian cystectomy
- Laparoscopic myomectomy
- Laparoscopic ovarian drilling
- Hysteroscopic polypectomy and myomectomy
- Division of a uterine septum or intrauterine adhesions
General & day-case surgery
Common operations done properly, with most patients home the same day and reviewed afterwards by the surgeon who operated.
- Hernia repair
- Excision of lumps, cysts and lipomas
- Abscess drainage and wound debridement
- Circumcision
- Biopsy and minor procedures under local anaesthetic
- Wound care and secondary suturing
Gynaecological & obstetric surgery
Operative gynaecology and obstetric surgery, with the fertility unit and the maternity service in the same building.
- Open and laparoscopic myomectomy
- Management of ectopic pregnancy
- Evacuation of retained products
- Caesarean section, planned and emergency
- Cervical and endometrial procedures
- Tubal surgery and sterilisation reversal assessment
Emergency surgery
A theatre, a surgeon and an anaesthetist are available every hour of the year for the emergencies where an operation is the treatment.
- Acute abdomen and appendicitis
- Bowel obstruction
- Ruptured ectopic pregnancy and haemorrhage
- Trauma and wound exploration
- Emergency caesarean section
- Incarcerated hernia
The theatres
What is in the room
Equipment is not a marketing point, it is a limit on what can safely be attempted. Here is what ours allows.
- Two fully equipped operating theatres
- Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic stacks with HD imaging
- Modern anaesthetic machines with full patient monitoring
- Electrosurgery, suction irrigation and insufflation
- Recovery bay with continuous observation
- On-site sterile services and instrument tracking
- Blood transfusion and resuscitation capability
- On-site imaging and laboratory for same-day results
Your pathway
From consultation to follow-up
Five stages, each with a named clinician responsible for it.
- 01
Surgical consultation
The surgeon who will operate assesses you, explains the options and answers the question of whether surgery is actually needed.
- 02
Pre-operative assessment
Bloods, imaging, an anaesthetic review and a check on any medicines you take, so nothing is discovered on the morning of surgery.
- 03
Consent, properly taken
The benefits, the risks, the alternatives and the recovery, in writing and in plain language, with time to change your mind.
- 04
The operation
Performed minimal-access wherever that is the better route, with full monitoring throughout.
- 05
Recovery and review
Observed recovery, pain relief that works, a written discharge plan, and follow-up with the operating surgeon - at home or by video if travelling is difficult.
Questions
About surgery here
Why keyhole matters, who operates, day-case recovery, and emergency cover overnight.
Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including all public holidays.
Because the incision is a large part of what makes recovery hard. Working through several small openings instead of one long one means less pain, less blood loss, a lower risk of wound infection, a shorter stay and a faster return to work. Where a condition can be treated equally well either way, we use the keyhole route.
No, and it would be dishonest to say so. Some findings are safer approached openly, and occasionally a keyhole procedure has to be converted during the operation. That possibility is explained to you before you consent, not afterwards.
The consultant surgeon who assessed you. You will know their name before the day, and they will see you again afterwards. Where a second surgeon assists, you are told who.
Many procedures are done as day cases, including most hysteroscopic surgery and a good deal of laparoscopic work. You need a responsible adult at home for the first night and a way of contacting us. Where an overnight stay is safer, we will say so.
A theatre, a surgical team and an anaesthetist are available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Telephone +234 803 449 4096 - a call reaches the on-call team immediately.
Prior to any scheduled procedure, we provide a transparent, itemised written quote covering theatre time, surgical fees, anaesthesia, routine medications and post-operative monitoring.
Find out first whether you need an operation
Book a surgical consultation and get a straight answer - including the answer that surgery is not what you need.