Surgical and Interventional Department

Description

The Gustave Roussy Surgical and Interventional Department is responsible for surgical treatment of cancer in adults in the following specialties: gastroenterology, dermatology, ENT, breast disease, gynaecology and endocrinology, as well as surgical treatment of sarcomas.

Organisation

The Department includes several units:

• Head and Neck Unit
• Visceral Surgery
• Gynecological Surgery 
• Plastic Surgery
• Surgical Radiology
• Anaesthesia 

Surgical techniques

The surgical techniques practised range from minimally invasive surgery employing endoscopic techniques and reconstructive plastic surgery through to radical procedures.  
Various innovative techniques are also in regular use. These include:

• X-ray guided surgery;
• localisation of sentinel nodes;
• complex hepatectomy procedures;
• intrahepatic radiofrequency ablation;
• treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC);
• pseudo-continent perineal colostomy;
• surgery in irradiated fields (small bowel, pelvis);
• isolated limb perfusion for limb sarcomas;
• immediate post-mastectomy reconstructive surgery;
• salvage surgery;
• radical gynaecological surgery;
• technically sophisticated laparoscopic surgery (or videoscopic laparoscopic surgery);
• surgery of rectal tumours.

Surgical and Interventional Department

• Dr Maximiliano Gelli
  Head of department
• Pr Lambros Tselikas
  Deputy head of department

 Head and Neck Unit

• Dr Stéphane Témam
  Head of unit

Visceral and Oncolological Surgery

• Dr Isabelle Sourouille
  Head of unit

Plastic Surgery

• Dr Nicolas Leymarie
  Head of unit

Gynecological Surgery

• Pr Sébastien Gouy
  Head of unit

Surgical radiology

• Dr Frédéric Deschamps
  Head of unit

Anaesthesia

• Dr Philippe Sitbon
  Head of unit