Katuri Medical College, Guntur

The Department of General Surgery uphold a multi-faceted mission – it provides superior patient care and specialized focus in the field of laproscopy, and endoscopic procedures. The Department examines over 650 patients each year. It performs about 8500 major and 650 minor operations every year.

Services Provided

Treatments and procedures performed in the Department of General Surgery includes the following:

Thyroid

Excision of Thyroglossal cyst, Hemithyroidectomy, Total thyroidectomy, Complete thyroidectomy, Parathyroid, Excision of single parathyroid adenoma, , Excision of Thyroglossal cyst, Total parathyroidectomy.

Salivary Glands

Submandibular gland excision, Superficial parotidectomy, Total parotidectomy, Drainage of parotid abscess.

Breast

Excision biopsy of breast lump, Wide local excision of breast lump, Wide local excision of breast lump + axillary clearance, Subcutaneous mastectomy, Modified Radical mastectomy, Simple mastectomy, Microdochectomy, Drainage of breast abscess, excision of breast lump.

Abdomen

Open & Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic Roux-en-y hepatico-jejunostomy, CBD Exploration, Open Choledocholithotomy, Distal pancreatectomy, Cyst-jejunostomy, Cyst-gastrostomy, Whipple’s operation, Distal pancreatectomy, Laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy, Esophageal diverticulectomy, Enucleation of leiomyoma esophagus, Radical gastrectomy, Feeding gastrostomy, Laparotomy and repair of duodenal ulcer, Laparotomy with under running of bleeding peptic ulcer pyloric exclusion, Lap assisted resection and anastomosis, Lap repair of small bowel perforation, Laparoscopic adhesiolysis, Laparoscopic assisted splenectomy, Laparoscopic Splenectomy, Ileostomy, Closure of ileostomy, Repair of small bowel perforation, Splenectomy, Closure of small bowel perforation, Jejunal stricturoplasty, Feeding jejunostomy, Duodenojejunostomy, Appendicectomy, Drainage of appendicular abscess

Colon and Rectum

Right hemicolectomy, Subtotal colectomy, Seton revision, Colovesical fistula, Rectal biopsy, Hartman’s procedure, Thiersch Wiring for rectal prolapse, Laying open of low fistula in ano, Laying open of high fistula in ano + seton tie, Seton Removal, Incision and drainage of perianal abscess, Lateral sphincterotomy, Abdomino-perineal resection, Caecostomy, Colostomy closure, Examination under anaesthesia, Laying open of high fistula in ano, Laying open of residual anal fistula & Seton removal, Excision of fistula-in-ano, Incision and drainage of ischiorectal abscess, Anal dilation, Anal canal reconstruction, Excision of perianal nodule, Digital hemorrhoidal artery ligation, Doppler hemorrhoidal dearterialization, Seton replacement, Core excision of fistulous tract, Fistula repair by gracilis myocutaneous flap, Fissurectomy, Anal polypectomy, Laparoscopic assisted colectomy, Laparoscopic assisted APR, Endoscopic Stapled Haemorrhoidectomy, Laparoscopic left colectomy, Laparoscopic assisted colostomy, Laparoscopic abdominal rectopexy, Laparoscopic anterior resection, Laparoscopic appendectomy, Laparoscopic excision of ovarian cyst, Exploratory Laparotomy + biopsy, Diagnostic Laparoscopy, Diagnostic laparoscopy converted to open laparotomy, Laparoscopic assisted excision of retroperitoneal tumour, Exploratory Laparotomy, Diagnostic Laparoscopy + biopsy, Diagnostic laparoscopy with adhesiolysis, Exploratory laparotomy with adhesiolysis, Exploratory laparotomy with repair of liver laceration, Laparoscopic extraction of abdomen foreign body, Laparoscopic deroofing of hydatid cyst, Laparotomy with TAHBSO, Laparoscopic omentectomy, Omental resection, Drainage of abscess, Ovarian cystectomy, Retroperitoneal mass,

Hernia

Open inguinal mesh hernioplasty, Mini mesh hernioplasty, Litchenstein mesh repair of inguinal hernia, Anatomical repair of hernia, Onlay mesh repair of hernia, Inguinal herniotomy, Bassini repair of inguinal hernia, Repair of femoral hernia (preperitoneal approach), Mayo's repair (double breasting) of hernia, Mesh repair of hernia, Abdominoplasty, Parastomal hernia, Mesh repair of spigelian hernia, Mesh repair of incisional hernia, Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia, Laparoscopic intraperitoneal inlay mesh repair, Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia, Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair of ventral hernia, Endoscopic total extraperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia, Laparoscopic TEP repair of femoral hernia, Laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair, Laparoscopic Mayo’s repair with meshplasty, Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair of incisional hernia

Urology

Nephrectomy, Nephrolithotomy, Pyelolithotomy, Extended pyelolithotomy, Retroperitoneoscopic nephrectomy, Ureterolithotomy, Orchiectomy, Orchidopexy for undescended testis, Circumcision, Excision of hydrocele sac, Debridement of Fournier's gangrene scrotum, Pyeloplasty, Palomo's operation, Testicular biopsy, Vasectomy, Eversion of hydrocele sac, Excision of epididymal cyst, Excision of haematocele sac, Laparoscopic adrenalectomy, Laparoscopic pyeloplasty, Laparoscopic pyelolithotomy, Laparoscopic ureterolithotomy, Laparoscopic ligation of varicocele, Laparoscopic orchiectomy, Laparoscopic orchiectomy,

Vascular and Lymphatics

Trendelenburg's procedure + SEPS (Susfascial endoscopic peyoratons surgery) Amputation of digits, Below knee amputation, Insertion of drain (CT Guided), Fasciotomy, Transmetatarsal amputation, Removal of infected mesh, Bullet extraction, Trendelenburg’s procedure with stripping of SV & multiple phlebectomies, Tongue biopsy, Endoscopic sub-fascial ligation of varicose veins, Excision Haemangiomas (sub-cutaneous & intramuscular), Excision of lymphatic cysts.

Skin And Soft Tissue

Excision of lump, lipoma, parasitic cyst, sebaceous cyst, ganglion, wart. Incision biopsy, Excision biopsy, Incision & Drainage, Excision of carbuncle, Lymph node biopsy, Wedge excision of ingrowing toe nail, Removal of foreign body, Repair of torn ear lobule, Exploration of sinus, Wide excision, Excision of pilonidal sinus, Drainage of pilonidal abscess, Excision and primary closure of pilonidal sinus, Secondary suturing of wound, Debridement wound, Split skin grafting, Wound Exploration.

Surgery of skin & soft tissue malignancies.

Haermorrhoids, open haemorrhordectomy, stappled haemorrhoidectomy, surgery for fistula in Ano.

 Diabetic Foot Complications

Minimal access surgery, laperoscopic procedures such as Diagnostic Laproscopy, Laproscopic Appendicetomy, laproscopic cholecystectomy, laproscopic hernia repair, Laproscopic orchidopery.

The Department of Paediatrics, KMC&H, Guntur, is primarily concerned with the delivery of healthcare to children who come to Katuri Hospital and to train undergraduate and postgraduate students. Clinical activities related to in-patient and out-patient care include the newborn nursery. In addition to diagnosing and treating serious and complicated illnesses, encompassing the various subspecialties of Paediatrics, it has expanded the area under preventive and rehabilitative services.
The department works in close collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pediatric Surgery, Cardiothoracic surgery, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Nephrology, Urology, Oncology and, Gastroenterology and other specialties. A number of extension programs such as school health are also going on in the outlying areas and form an important part of the departmental activities. The department has adequate infrastructure and facilities including air-conditioned classrooms, overhead projectors for the training of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Undergraduate training involves lectures, bedside clinics, tutorials, seminars and encouragement to participate in research work. Regular assessment is done in the form of case presentation and write-ups, end posting examination, sectional exams at the end of each semester. Postgraduate training involves, case presentations, grand rounds, bedside teaching seminars, journal club, thesis presentations. They are encouraged to attend conferences and CME’s. They are regularly assessed in theory as well as in clinical setting. The MBBS and postgraduate courses (MD and DCH) are MCI recognized.
MCI-Recognised PG course.
Excellent structures, processes, outcomes related to both treating and teaching domains.
 

Key Features :

• Deals with all kinds of Childhood illnesses
• Comprehensive healthcare for diseased children with long term follow up of chronic cases of childhood ailments.
• Preventive and health promotive activities
• 24 x 7 intensive monitoring of sick children
• Neonatal ICUs/Paediatric ICUs
• Specialty Clinics: Paediatric Cardiology, Paediatric Nephrology, Paediatric Endocrine, Paediatric Haemato Oncology, Paediatric Gastroenterology, Paediatric Neurology, Newborn High risk Clinic, Well baby Clinic, Immunization, Paediatric Asthma, Thalassemia
• Best infrastructure and experienced faculty profile
• Curriculum designed to prepare not only compassionate, caring and competent Paediatricians but also to promote and prepare them for higher educations
• Community and social Paediatrics
• Orientation to and promotion of research activities.

Area of Study :

Paediatrics (also spelled Pediatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents, and the age limit usually ranges from birth up to 18 (in some places until completion of secondary education, and until age 21 in the United States).

Biochemistry, the soul of medicine is an excellent and an ever growing discipline having extensive teaching and research activities. It encompasses a versatile knowledge with clinical correlation.

The first year students learn about the chemistry and biological aspects of medical biochemistry in their theory and demonstration and orient them towards health and disease by various problems based learning methodology.

By doing some routine clinical investigation in the practical laboratory, we are familiarizing the student to correlate; clinical finding in disease condition and the student are also oriented towards seminars, case studies and discussion in tutorial biochemistry classes.

By conducting internal examination and giving regular assignments the academic performance of the students are assessed.

Community Medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the health of populations. It strives to protect and promote the health and well-being of the community through the Primary Health Care approach

Health needs of populations are measured and appropriate strategies are developed to improve the health status of the community through health promotion, disease prevention and health protection.

Training in Community Medicine aims ate nurturing Primary Care Physicians who can recognize and mange common health problems in the community. The Community-oriented Primary care Physician will have the ability to identify, prioritize and manage the health problems of the community. He/she would be an effective leader of the health team at primary care levels.

The Community Physician demonstrates excellence in academics, health research, and leadership skills. He/she is instrumental in development of public health policy, design, implementation and evaluation of health programs and applies them to a broad range of community health issues.

Students of this subject will have to apply the knowledge they have gained in several areas of medicine for the benefit of the community. They are taught the preventive, curative and promotive aspects of every illness. They are also encouraged to involve in the community, during their Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship (CRRI).

Department Mission

The Community Medicine Department is committed to educating medical students to be community responsive primary care physicians who meet the health care needs of the community and the country as a whole particularly the rural and medically underserved communities and to work constantly for quality improvement to make our Institution’s vision of “HEALTH FOR ALL “.

Department Goal

The goal of undergraduate teaching/training in Community Medicine is directed towards achievement of “HEALTH FOR ALL”. Aim of undergraduate training is to prepare the students to become Primary Care Physicians competent to handle & manage commonly occurring health problems in the community

Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy P.G. course was started in the year 2010. The department is involved in patient care, teaching and research. It is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities such as lasers for cosmetic problems, Immunofluorescence as a diagnostic tool and phototherapy chambers.The department routinely carries out dermatologic and cosmetic procedures such as such as biopsies, skin grafting, cryotherapy, electrocautery, chemical peels.
Research, especially in the field of Immunofluorescence, phototherapy and contact dermatitis, is constantly carried out. The department regularly conducts psychodermatology clinics with clinical psychologists and psychiatrists

Key Features :

• Excellent infrastructure with experienced staff who are constantly honing their skills  by conducting and attending novel CMEs.
• Well-equipped attached laboratory with specialised equipment like UVA & UVB Phototherapy chambers, Targeted phototherapy, Immunofluorescence microscope, Iontophoresis, dermatoscope and facilities for patch and photopatch testing.<
• Access to immediate diagnostic tests like skin biopsy, Direct & Indirect Immunofluorescence
• Skin Laser centre with facilities for hair removal, scar treatment, tattoo removal, skin tightening, and mole removal.
• Performance of highly specialized procedures like vitiligo surgeries, punch grafting, platelet rich plasma (PRP) for leg ulcers
• Excellent patient care
• Thorough and comprehensive UG & PG teaching with emphasis on clinical case presentation scenarios
• Curriculum is designed to facilitate students in pursuing higher education.

Area of Study :

Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy deals with diagnosis and management of skin diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, leprosy as well as skin manifestations of internal diseases. 

Cardiology (from Greek καρδίᾱ kardiā, "heart" and -λογία -logia, "study") is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart as well as some parts of the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians who specialize in this field of medicine are called cardiologists, a specialty of internal medicine. Pediatric cardiologists are pediatricians who specialize in cardiology. Physicians who specialize in cardiac surgery are called cardiothoracic surgeons or cardiac surgeons, a specialty of general surgery.

Specializations

All cardiologists study the disorders of the heart, but the study of adult and child heart disorders are through different training pathways. Therefore, an adult cardiologist (often simply called "cardiologist") is inadequately trained to take care of children, and pediatric cardiologists are not trained to take care of adult heart disease. The surgical aspects are not included in cardiology and are in the domain of cardiothoracic surgery. For example, coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), cardiopulmonary bypass and valve replacement are surgical procedures performed by surgeons, not cardiologists. However, some minimally invasive procedures such as the cardiac catheterization and pacemaker implantation are performed by cardiologists with additional training in non-surgical interventions (interventional cardiology and electrophysiology respectively).

The Department of General Medicine is one of the key departments among clinical specialties. Post-Graduation course in General Medicine first started in 2009. Over the years the department has evolved and has maintained pace with changing times and needs of the society. Today, besides training undergraduates and post graduates in General Medicine.

The department of microbiology at MAPIMS possesses a faculty & training programme that is one of the best in the field. State of art facility, including all equipments students lab, demonstration halls, bacteriology, virology, & immunology lab, research lab exist in the department.

The student’s lab as well as diagnostic lab is provided with digital microscope. For practical work each student will be allotted with binocular microscope. The department library is furnished with text books of several international & national authors. To add on to its pride, there is department museum with charts, model & various parasite specimens etc.

The routine diagnostic work will be done in the diagnostic lab which also caters to all the practical necessities of the students. Apart from routine curriculum, the student will have to take active part in seminars; problem based learning, short project work & quiz.

Obstetrics and Gynaecology (also spelled as Obstetrics and Gynecology; abbreviated as Obs and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period) and gynecology (covering the health of the female reproductive system – vagina, uterus, ovaries, and breasts).

Postgraduate training programs for both fields are usually combined, preparing the practising obstetrician-gynecologist to be adept both at the care of female reproductive organs' health and at the management of pregnancy, although many doctors go on to develop subspecialty interests in one field or the other.

Students interested in this area of body science are guided by a team of dedicated faculty members with excellent teaching resources. The sessions are a mix of both theoretical/practical training and pre-clinical knowledge instruction. Regular symposia, seminars and journal club meetings create forums for the exchange of ideas. Faculty members use both vertical and horizontal methods of lecture and demonstration classes so that students can have a deeper understanding of applied physiology.

Curriculum

The undergraduate students are given a sound grounding in the basics of physiology. The curriculum is comprised of lectures backed by practical classes where students apply concepts in real time. The postgraduate program imparts to students a detailed look at physiology, instructing them through tutorials, seminars and group discussions and motivating them in research activities of their interest under the guidance of expert faculty.

The P.G. course in the Department of Psychiatry at Katuri Medical College & Hospital was started in 2009. Since then, the department has been actively involved in clinical care, training students from various streams, research and community work.
Professionals from Psychology and Psychiatric Social Work are involved in management of each patient, so that the care provided is holistic. Treatment approaches used are according to the various international standard guidelines. The students are benefited from this approach of care and are better skilled
 

Key Features 

• The department has been part of Katuri Medical College & Hospital for the last 8 years.
• Involved in treating patients with mental health problems and also liaises with other departments of the hospital in managing psychological issues in medically ill.
• Involved in training undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• The faculty in the department are experienced and involved in imparting skills and knowledge to the students and dedicated to patient care.
• The curriculum and training in this department is on par with national institutes.
• Faculty are actively involved in research

Area of Study :

Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. These include various affective, behavioral, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities.
Human body and mind are interrelated, and illness of body affect the mind and vice versa. There can be no health without a healthy mind. The combined treatment of psychoactive medication and psychotherapy has become the most common mode of psychiatric treatment in current practice, but current practice also includes widely ranging variety of other modalities. While the focus of psychiatry has changed little over time, the diagnostic and treatment processes have evolved dramatically and continue to do so. Over the years the field of psychiatry has evolved and has become less conceptually isolated from other fields of medicine.

Human body and mind are interrelated, and illness of body affect the mind and vice versa. There can be no health without a healthy mind. The combined treatment of psychoactive medication and psychotherapy has become the most common mode of psychiatric treatment in current practice, but current practice also includes widely ranging variety of other modalities. While the focus of psychiatry has changed little over time, the diagnostic and treatment processes have evolved dramatically and continue to do so. Over the years the field of psychiatry has evolved and has become less conceptually isolated from other fields of medicine.
 

The Department Of Respiratory Medicine is a centre for diagnosis and management of various respiratory disorders. The department offers facilities like fiber optic bronchoscopy, allergy testing and PFT which helps in diagnosis and management of various respiratory disorders. It is equipped with Polysomonography too which aids in the diagnosis and management of various sleep related disorders.

Key Features :

• The Department Of Respiratory Medicine is a centre for diagnosis and management of various respiratory disorders
• Regular seminars, case presentations and journal presentation for PG students
• Good infrastructure for management of respiratory disorders in terms of fiberoptic bronchoscopy, allergy testing and PFT
• Best-in-class infrastructure and faculty profile
• Clinical rounds daily morning and evening benefitting both students and patients
• PG’s are allotted THESIS to be submitted as part of requirement of fulfillment of MD degree approved by MCI
• Digital Picture Archiving and Communication System (DPACS) for online storage and transfer of X-rays and blood investigations.

Area of Study :

Respiratory Medicine is a sub-specialty of Internal Medicine that covers diseases pertaining to respiratory system, dealing with diagnosis and management of disorders related to pulmonary parenchymal, vascular, airway and pleural spaces. It also deals with management of various sleep related disorders.

Respiratory Medicine is a sub-specialty of Internal Medicine that covers diseases pertaining to respiratory system, dealing with diagnosis and management of disorders related to pulmonary parenchymal, vascular, airway and pleural spaces. It also deals with management of various sleep related disorders.