Department of Surgery

The Head of the Department oversees the functioning of the department and ensures seamless coordination among the various units, while also presiding over all important events and activities held. Postgraduate training commenced in 2002 with 2 PG students admitted per year, which was increased to 6 PG students per year from 2010, and presently stands at 12 postgraduate students per year since 2017.

There is a separate surgical block for the Department of General Surgery and a separate block for allied specialities under the PMSSY scheme. Separate male and female wards provide quality pre- and post-operative care, and a septic operation theatre is allocated for diabetic wound care and other septic conditions.

Apart from the elective operation theatres, a 24-hour emergency operation theatre with a duty anaesthetist provides immediate surgical care to patients presenting in surgical emergency. A well-equipped SICU, with round-the-clock assistant professor, senior and junior residents, and well-trained staff nurses, caters to the needs of post-operative care for critically ill patients.

The Emergency Ward under PMSSY admits trauma cases, triages them, provides immediate resuscitation and preliminary care according to severity, and shifts patients to the respective departments. An endoscopic suite also functions on the first floor of the General Surgery Department.

UG Training Programme

• Lecture sessions on the various topics of the surgical syllabus by department faculty
• MBBS students visit the surgery wards, OPD and casualty from the second year of training for observership — taught the basics of history taking, clinical examination and theory behind commonly seen surgical cases, followed by demonstration of surgical procedures
• Daily bedside clinics with detailed discussion for MBBS final-year students, with periodic internal assessment (theory and practical)
• Weekly lectures, symposia and operative surgery sessions are meticulously planned and executed
• Post-MBBS interns are posted across the 6 surgery units for one and a half months, with active involvement in day-to-day unit activities and exposure to major and minor surgical procedures

Postgraduate Training Programme

• Daily bedside discussion of ward cases with a detailed plan of management for individual cases
• Weekly journal club discussing new articles from high-indexed, reputed journals along with the latest advances in the field
• Weekly postgraduate lectures, where every resident presents on a particular topic in detail
• Weekly case presentations in postgraduate clinics — a detailed clinical case presentation followed by extensive discussion on work-up and management, including latest advances; assessed by faculty on an individual assessment sheet
• Active research participation — case reports, observational and experimental studies, with numerous publications each year in national and international journals of repute
• Junior residents are evaluated every year with written and practical (OSCE) examinations to ensure constant progress in skill acquisition
• A detailed logbook is maintained by each trainee, listing surgeries performed/assisted and other procedures performed; periodically inspected and signed by faculty with feedback on areas for improvement
• Junior and senior residents participate in various national and international conferences, winning accolades and prizes for their presentations every year

Monthly Teaching Structure for PGs

Department Census

CMCHIS Census

2020–2021 Batch — Thesis Topics

Dr. M. Arulkumaran — ASICON 2016, August 2016 — Best Paper Award, Above 40 Years category

Dr. S. S. Meera — ASICON 2016, August 2016 — Best Paper Award, Below 40 Years category

Dr. Padmalaxmi

Dr. Madhava Manoj — ASICON 2018, Chennai — Poster: "Duodenal Necessitude, A Masquerade Box"

Dr. Vijaya Bhaskar — ASICON 2019, Bhubaneswar — Paper: "Comparative Study of Fasciotomy Wound Closure by Shoelace Technique vs VAC Therapy"