Consultation with a General Surgeon

General surgery is a medical speciality aimed mainly at solving surgical problems related to the digestive system, the abdominal wall, the skin and soft tissues, the breast, the endocrine system, the thyroid, the parathyroid, the adrenal glands and other glands associated with the digestive system.

However, there are also other reasons to attend a General Surgery consultation, such as solve questions about a specific medical problem, a check-up of a previous surgery in which the patient has doubts about its performance or whether it really solved the problem; and also second opinions about a specific problem, i.e. a patient has been told that it is necessary to have surgery for a problem and wants to know the opinion of another General Surgery Specialist.

Regarding the age of the patients who attend a General Surgery consultation, the spectrum is very wide: from young and healthy patients who are suffering from an acute process, to elderly patients who have several acute and chronic problems, and even oncological patients.

Below, we explain how to purchase a General Surgery Consultation at Operarme.

If you would like to purchase a private General Surgery consultation from Operarme, the process is quick and easy:

• Click on Purchase Consultation.
• Choose the date that suits you best.
• Fill in your patient details to process the consultation.
• Pay for the consultation by credit/debit card.

General Surgery consultation

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After making the payment, you will receive an email with all the information and the invoice for the private medical consultation voucher you have purchased.

If you have any questions, you can call us at +34 91 141 33 56, request telephone assistance through our website, or send us a contact form. We will help you out with any questions you may have.

After having purchased your consultation voucher, our Patient Service team will call you to confirm the date and time of the consultation and help you with any queries or questions you may have.

Once the date has been confirmed, you will have to attend the consultation on the day and time booked. If you need to make any changes for the date or time of your visit to the doctor’s office, please contact us so that we can inform the specialist and update your date.

On the day of the consultation with the General Surgeon, you must go to the address indicated on the medical voucher. Our patient service team will call you the day before the visit, to make you a reminder of the appointment. 

Once in the doctor’s office, the consultation will begin as follows:

• Medical interview: The patient explains to the General Surgeon what his or her problem is, what is causing pain, the reason why he or she needs a check-up or a second opinion on a previous diagnosis, etc. At the same time, the doctor may ask other questions related to the problem.
• Review of medical tests and reports: It is common for the patient to come with a diagnosis made by another specialist, an ultrasound scan and other types of tests, which are checked by the specialist to learn more about the patient’s case to assess the problem and possible treatment.
• Physical examination: In some cases, depending on the reason for the consultation, the General Surgeon will carry out a physical examination of the problematic area.
• Diagnosis and treatment: After checking all the information presented to the specialist, the specialist may confirm a definitive diagnosis or require additional medical tests. In some cases, the specialist will prescribe a treatment for the problem, either by prescribing medication or indicating some recommendations for the daily life; in other cases, it is possible that more medical tests may be necessary in order to make a definitive diagnosis, in this case should contact Operarme so that we can provide you with preferential prices for diagnostic tests. The doctor will make a report of the consultation with his/her final assessment and medical recommendations.

If a second consultation is necessary to control how the treatment is working or to see the evolution of the problem in case it gets worse, please contact us so that we can arrange it for you.

In any case, our patient service team will help you with any doubts or questions you may have after the consultation.

The duration of the consultation varies depending on the problem the patient has. Operarme recommends that before the consultation you prepare a list of questions for the specialist, so once the consultation is over, you can leave with all your doubts cleared up or with your medical problem being solved with a medical treatment.

Both the prescribed treatment and the request for complementary tests are subject solely to the professional opinion of the Specialist in General Surgery and the Digestive System with whom you have the consultation.

In any case, the treatment prescribed by the doctor may be of a different nature, such as prescribing medication, indications for a change in the diet or lifestyle habits that are affecting your health problem; in some cases, surgical treatment will be the only solution to the problem.

On the other hand, if the General Surgeon considers that it is necessary to carry out more diagnostic tests to complete a diagnosis of your problem, you have the option of performing the test through Operarme at preferential and fixed prices.

General Surgery consultation

Buy your medical voucher easily under Operarme's guarantees and select your nearest clinic.

Purchase Consultation