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Website- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Not in Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Lower GI surgery
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Shanks Gurjar practices as a Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal & General Surgeon at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
He has a special interest in laparoscopic (keyhole) gastrointestinal surgery for bowel cancer (colon and rectum), inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), diverticular disease, and rectal prolapse.
He has specialist expertise in laparoscopic and open groin hernia surgery (inguinal, umbilical, femoral, spigelian) and abdominal incisional hernia repair.
He offers treatment for all common coloproctological conditions including haemorrhoids (THD and Rafaelo), anal fistula surgery, pilonidal sinus, and anal fissure.
He is an accredited endoscopist with expertise in advanced colonoscopy and polypectomy.
He graduated from St Marys Hospital, London and then completed surgical training in the South-East Thames region, before a fellowship in pelvic floor surgery at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He has a strong academic interest in clinical surgery and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals.
He is an Examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and trains young surgeons in advanced keyhole surgery.
He holds practising privileges at hospitals in North London and Hertfordshire.
Areas of interest
Laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery;
Colorectal surgery (lower GI);
Rectal bleeding;
General surgery;
Hernia surgery (including inguinal, femoral, umbilical, epigastric, incisional & recurrent hernias);
Bowel cancer (colon & rectum) surgery;
Diverticular disease;
Colonoscopy;
Polypectomy;
Haemorrhoids (piles) including banding, THD, Rafaelo & excision surgery;
Anal fistula surgery;
Anal fissure;
Pelvic floor surgery (rectal prolapse, evacuatory problems);
Surgery for Crohn's disease & Ulcerative colitis;
Pilonidal disease;
Appendix
Cysts, lipomas & other benign lesions
Medical secretaries
- Denise Bodsworth
- Spire Harpenden Hospital Ambrose Lane HARPENDEN AL5 4BP
- 07506 589070
- 07506 589070
- 01582 647855
- sec2sgurjar@protonmail.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Pinakin Patel
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Katarzyna Piotrowska
Fee Assured
- Dr Melissa Kitching
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Bernard Masuku
Fee Assured
- Dr Ratna Makker
Fee Assured
- Dr Martyn Fox
Fee Assured
- Dr Hanif Meeran
Not Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (5-50)
Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5) OSD Healthcare (1-5) Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5) Harley Street Clinic (1-5)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (5-50)
Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5) OSD Healthcare (1-5) Harley Street Clinic (1-5) Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5)
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T2400
Repair of umbilical/paraumbilical hernia (irrespective of age) - (1-5)
Spire Bushey Hospital (1-5) Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5) Bishops Wood Hospital (1-5)
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5) Spire Bushey Hospital (1-5) Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5)
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H5100
Haemorrhoidectomy (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
Spire Harpenden Hospital (1-5) Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5)
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