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General Surgery Department
General Surgery Consultations and Surgical Treatment
At the General Surgery Department of West Tallinn Central Hospital, we provide planned and emergency surgical care. We perform hernia and gallbladder surgery and treat varicose veins in the legs using both surgery and sclerotherapy. Outpatient consultations with a general surgeon are available at our hospital’s health centres.
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Surgery and Therapeutic Procedures
In the General Surgery Department, we perform laparoscopic operations for gastric bypass, gallbladder, hernia, hiatal hernia, and lower limb veins, as well as sclerotherapy for varicose veins.
We also carry out emergency surgical shifts, during which all necessary operative procedures for the treatment of abdominal diseases are performed.
The department has one operating room, 20 beds, and two grade II intensive care beds, where an average of 1,200 patients are treated per year, and about 800 operations are performed.
Our surgeons
Dr Andres Kork
Dr Toomas Tisler
Dr Marge Raag
Dr Sven Troost
Dr Einar Kesküla
Dr Rainer Velbri
You can book an appointment by phone on 626 1314 or on the Health Portal.
Outpatient appointments
- Merimetsa Medical Campus, Paldiski mnt 68
- Mustamäe Health Cenre, Ehitajate tee 27
- Nõmme Health Centre, Jaama 11
- Haabersti Health Centre, Õismäe tee 179
The department is headed by
