Patient Resources

New Patient Information

• Your first consultation typically includes a detailed discussion of your symptoms or diagnosis, a clinical examination, and a review of any reports you bring with you.
• Where surgery is being considered, Dr. Gandhi explains the recommended approach, expected recovery and any alternatives, so you can make an informed decision.
• Patients travelling from outside Mumbai can discuss coordinating consultation, pre-operative tests and surgery to reduce the number of trips required.

• “Jeep driver’s disease of the penis: ultrasound-guided management of a penile pilonidal sinus: a case report and review of the literature”Amin S, Gajjar A, Gandhi J. International Surgery Journal, 2026;13(11):2310–2317
• “Posterior component separation technique: original transversus abdominis release (TAR) technique”Gandhi JA, Gajjar AP, Shinde PH, Chaudhari S. Journal of Abdominal Wall Surgery, 2024;3:12542
• “The role of indocyanine green fluorescence angiography in ventral hernia repair”Gajjar A, Gandhi J, Shrivastava R. Hernia, 2024
• “Impact of cadaver training for learning abdominal wall reconstruction: our early experience”Gajjar A, Gandhi J, Prajapati R, et al. Hernia, 2023
• “Strategies for closing the posterior rectus sheath during enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal Rives-Stoppa repair (eTEP-RS)”Baig S, Gandhi J, Gajjar A, Priya P, Sane D. Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2023
• “Enhancing mesh explantation reporting: a novel classification system for improved surgical decision-making and patient outcomes”Gandhi J, Gajjar A. Hernia, 2023
• “Dorsal lingual lipoma (yellow epulis): a case report”Gandhi J, Shinde P, Shetty T, Gajjar A. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
• “Postoperative distal enteral tube refeeding in stoma patients: a comparative analysis of clinical outcomes”Gandhi J, Kashyap A, Shinde P. Polish Journal of Surgery, 2023
• “Computed tomography for ventral hernia: need for a standardized reporting format”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Banker AM, Takalkar Y. Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2022
• “Enhanced recovery protocol for Boerhaave syndrome: our experience”Gandhi JA, Churiwala JJ, Chaudhari SN, Shinde PH. Indian Journal of Surgery, 2022;84(1):67–71
• “Are drains useful in eTEP ventral hernia repairs? An AWR Surgical Collaborative (AWRSC) retrospective study”Arora E, Mishra A, Mhaskar R, et al. Surgical Endoscopy, 2022
• “Significance of stellate ganglion removal during cardiac sympathetic denervation”Halder A, Gandhi J, Chaudhari S, Parikh H, Shinde H, Lokhandwala Y. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 2021;7(8):1070–1071
• “Decalogue of transversus abdominis release repair: technical details and lessons learnt”Gandhi J, Shinde P, Chaudhari S, Banker A, Deshmukh V. Polish Journal of Surgery, 2021;93:16–25
• “The unsung heroes of hernia surgery”Gandhi JA, Churiwala JJ. Hernia, 2021;25(6):1737–8
• “Enhanced drainage protocol in large amoebic liver abscess”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Chaudhari SN, Banker AM. The Surgery Journal, 2021;7(4):e351–6
• “Role of indocyanine green to mitigate wound complications in component separation technique for ventral hernia repair: our early experience”Gandhi J, Banker A, Chaudhari S, Shinde P. World Journal of Surgery, 2021;45(10):3073–9
• “Complicated ventral hernia: a perquisite for perforated peptic ulcer, an unusual clinical scenario”Gandhi JA, Shinde P, Kothari B, Kharkongor M. The Surgery Journal, 2021;7(2):e66–8
• “Urinary bladder paraganglioma: case report and review of the literature”Shrivastava RP, Gandhi JA, Banker AM. International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports, 2021;5(1):69
• “AWR (hernia) surgery in India: an update”Letter to the Editor. Indian Journal of Surgery, 2021
• “Novel use of intraoperative fluoroscopy in an era of ICG for complex laparoscopic cholecystectomy”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Chaudhari SN, Banker AM. The Surgery Journal, 2021;7(1):e35–40
• “Tubular ileal duplication causing perforative peritonitis in an adult: a rare presentation”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Churiwala JJ, Husain S. The Surgery Journal, 2021;7(1):e14–7
• “Surgeon and COVID times”Invited Editorial. Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020;13(3):137–140
• “Surgical mask, the saviour: from its invention to the COVID-19 era”Gandhi JA, Churiwala JJ, Shinde PH, Chaudhari SN. Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020;82(3):278–9
• “Endoscopic pre-aponeurotic repair (EPAR) technique with meshplasty for treatment of ventral hernia and rectus abdominis diastasis”Gandhi JA, Shinde P, Kothari B, Churiwala JJ, Banker A. Indian Journal of Surgery, 2020
• “Making of a surgeon”Gandhi J. Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019;12(2):54–5
• “A prospective interventional study to test efficacy of PERFACT procedure in the treatment of perianal fistula”International Journal of Education and Research in Health Science, 2018
• “Retrorenal appendix: an atypical position of the vermiform appendix”Gandhi JA, Shinde P, Shetty T, Churiwala J. International Journal of Anatomical Variations, 2018;11(3):99
• “Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography scope-induced duodenojejunal flexure perforation: the world’s first case”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Nagur BK, Digarse RD. Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2017;8(3):145–7
• “Evaluation of abdominal wall closure technique in emergency laparotomies at a tertiary care hospital”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Digarse RD. International Surgery Journal, 2016;3(4):1796–801
• “Role of limited caecal resection in patients with acute gangrenous appendicitis”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Digarse RD. International Surgery Journal, 2016;3(4):1893–7
• “A modified surgical approach to sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease: our experience”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Pandrowala SA, Digarse RD. International Surgery Journal, 2016;3(4):1831–6
• “To assess the role of multisite instillation of bupivacaine-xylocaine combination for reducing post-operative pain after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Patil PD, Thakkar SA, Digarse RD. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2016;4(12):5154
• “Comparative study of chlorhexidine dressings versus simple gauze dressings in midline laparotomy wound”Gandhi JA, Shinde PH, Awasthi AA, Digarse R, Kawle AP. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2016;4(10):4272
• “Laparoscopic removal of a giant gastroduodenal bezoar”Gandhi J, Pandrowala S, Choudhari S, Bhandari S. World Journal of Laparoscopic Surgery, 2016;9(2):101–3
• “Giant retroperitoneal sarcoma”Shah N, Gandhi J, Bhagvat VM. Bombay Hospital Journal, 2015;57(3):333
• “Use of antesternal colon conduit for corrosive stricture oesophagus”Gvalani A, Gandhi JA. Indian Journal of Surgery, 2012
• “Use of serosal patch to prevent duodenal stump blow-out”Gvalani A, Gandhi J. Bombay Hospital Journal, 2012
• “Use of PEG tube for retrieval of accidentally ingested mercury”Gandhi J. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2012
• “Body packer syndrome”Kulkarni V, Gandhi J. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2011
• “Appendicitis: watch out for tuberculosis”Dahiya G, Gandhi J. gastrohep.com, 2011
• “Duodenal villous adenoma carcinoma sequence”Deshpande A, Gandhi J. gastrohep.com, 2007
• “Damage control surgery and the abdomen”Guest Editorial. Asian Journal of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, 2006
• “Damage control surgery”Guest Editorial. Asian Journal of Rheumatology and Orthopedics, 2005
• “Emphysematous cholecystitis: atypical presentation of acute cholecystitis”Hardikar J, Gandhi J. Bombay Hospital Journal
• “Right-sided pancreatico-pleural fistula: a rare clinical presentation”Gandhi J. Bombay Hospital Journal, 2003
• “Gastric cancer presenting with acute disseminated intravascular coagulation”Deshpande A, Gandhi J. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2002;21
• “Hernia: what can you do about it”Co-authored book