Mr Lalin Navaratne : General surgery

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Upper GI surgery

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About me

Mr Lal Navaratne is a highly skilled Consultant General, Upper GI and Abdominal Wall Surgeon currently serving in both military and NHS settings. His NHS practice is based at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He sees patients privately at The Lindo Wing, Imperial Private Care and Welbeck, London. He is a member of the regular British Armed Forces (Defence Medical Services) holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Mr Navaratne graduated 1st in his class (Broderip and Atchison prize for best overall performance in MBBS examinations) with distinction from the world-renowned University College London (UCL) Medical School, which is consistently ranked within the top 10 best medical schools in the world. Whilst at medical school he undertook an intercalated Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Anatomy, once again graduating top of his class, receiving a First Class honours degree and named on the Dean's list.

Mr Navaratne completed his postgraduate surgical training in London at various prestigious surgical units including Royal London Hospital (Barts Health NHS Trust), Royal Marsden Hospital (The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust) and St Mary's Hospital (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust). Mr Navaratne completed a Major Trauma fellowship at the Level 1 Major Trauma Centre at St Mary's Hospital. He subsequently undertook travelling fellowships to Kingston, Jamaica for the management of complex abdominal injuries with a focus on gunshot trauma and the David Dunn Fellowship to Hospital San Carlos in Madrid for Upper GI Surgery. Mr Navaratne is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Mr Navaratne is highly specialised in the management of abdominal wall conditions including diastasis recti and all types of hernia. His expertise span minimally invasive (keyhole) hernia and diastasis recti repair through to major abdominal wall reconstruction. Mr Navaratne is co-chair of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Abdominal Wall Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) which manages patients with complex abdominal wall conditions. Mr Navaratne's patient-centred approach to treating disorders of the abdominal wall is always tailored to his patients needs in order to give them the best possible experience and outcome.

Mr Navaratne is an expert in the laparoscopic management of gallstones and its associated complications such as gallstone related pain (biliary colic), gallbladder infection/inflammation (acute cholecystitis), gallstones that have migrated into the common bile duct (common bile duct stones / choledocholithiasis), obstructive jaundice and gallstone pancreatitis. Mr Navaratne performs elective and emergency cholecystectomy (key-hole surgery for gallbladder removal) with or without intra-operative cholangiogram (to ensure the bile duct is clear of stones) and laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (key-hole surgery to remove stones from the bile duct). Mr Navaratne also has a special interest in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) including laparoscopic hiatus hernia repair and laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery (including fundoplication and insertion of the LINX device).

Mr Navaratne has published over 60 peer review papers in high impact medical journals. He has written several book chapters and is the author of the only textbook dedicated to Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration (LCBDE). He has presented his work at numerous international meetings and has received several awards/prizes for his research including the David Dunn Medal from the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI).

Areas of interest

Gallstones; cholelithiasis; cholecystitis; common bile duct stones; choledocholithiasis; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; laparoscopic common bile duct exploration; gastro-oesophageal reflux disease; GORD; acid reflux; hiatus hernia; hiatus hernia repair; laparoscopic hiatus hernia repair; laparoscopic fundoplication; laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery; LINX; diastasis recti; divarification of recti; inguinal hernia; groin hernia; femoral hernia; incisional hernia; ventral hernia; umbilical hernia; paraumbilical hernia; epigastric hernia; spigelian hernia; laparoscopic hernia repair; laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair; abdominal wall reconstruction

Medical secretaries

Susana
Lindo Wing St Mary's Hospital Praed Street London W2 1NY
07738 194578
07738 194578
info@lalnavaratnesurgery.com

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr James Parry Fee Assured
Dr Charles Duffield Fee Assured
Dr Vidhya Nagaratnam Fee Assured
Dr Mattia Baldini Fee Assured

Dr Alex Wickham Fee Assured
Dr Nathalie Courtois-Purgass Fee Assured
Dr Richard Leonard Not Fee Assured

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant General, Upper GI and Abdominal Wall Surgeon
St Mary's Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Research interests

Gallstone disease
Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
Abdominal wall surgery

Awards received

David Dunn Medal from Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI)

David Dunn Travelling Scholarship from Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI)

Publications

Treatment of common bile duct stones in gastric bypass patients with laparoscopic transgastric endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Obes Surg. 2017;27:2675-2676

Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration versus endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for choledocholithiasis found at time of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Am J Surg. 2019;217:188-189.

Trans-infundibular choledochoscopy: a safe method of accessing the common bile duct in complex cases. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2018;403:777-783

10 years of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: A single tertiary institution experience. Am J Surg. 2020;219(4):642-644

Quantifying tension in tension-free hiatal repair: A new intra-operative technique. Surg Endosc. 2019;33:3040-3049

Holmium laser lithotripsy improves the rate of successful transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2019;404:985-992

Biliary Surgery 2.0. Cir Esp. 2020 Jan 2. doi: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2019.12.003

Transductal versus transcystic CBD stone extraction: Lessons learnt after four-hundred laparoscopic common bile duct explorations. Surg Endosc. 2021;35:437-448

The ABCdE Score for PREdicting Lithotripsy Assistance during transcystic Bile duct Exploration by Laparoendoscopy (PRE-LABEL). Surg Endosc. 2021;35:5971-5979

Porcine Aorto-Renal Artery (PARA) model for laparoscopic transcystic common bile duct exploration: The evolution of a training model to meet new clinical needs. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2021;406:1149-1154

Comment on conventional surgical management of bile duct stones: A service model and outcomes of 1318 laparoscopic explorations. Ann Surg. 2021;274:e901-e902

Laparoscopic hand-sewn cardioplasty: An alternative procedure for end-stage achalasia. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2021;406:1675-1682

Leveraging Access to Technology and Enhanced Surgical Technique (LATEST) in Laparoscopic Bile Duct Exploration (LBDE). Surg Endosc. 2022 Oct 17.

Laparoscopic bile duct exploration during pregnancy: a multi-centre case series and literature review. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2023;408:45

Structured learning and mentoring: shortening the learning curve in laparoscopic common bile duct exploration. Surg Endosc. 2024 Oct 3

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