Procedures and operations

Rob Bethune's Areas of Expertise

Rob Bethune is a Colo-rectal Consultant Surgeon. Outside of private practice, he works at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and is a Clinical Advisor for the South West Patient Safety Collaborative.

He is a primarily a laparoscopic and hernia surgeon as well as dealing with the surgical side of inflammatory bowel disease and bowel cancer. He performs colonoscopy as well as dealing with haemorrhoids and irritable bowel syndrome.

    • Inguinal and femoral hernia repairs
      • Laparoscopic (key hole) – a day case operation to repair hernias with a mesh
      • Open repair under general or local anaesthetic
    • Epigastric hernia repair
    • Incisional hernia repair
    • Umbilical hernia repair
    • Colonoscopy
    • Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
    • Haemorrhoid operations
      • Banding
      • Ultra-sound ligation (THD)
      • Open haemorrhoidectomy
    • Ileostomy closure
    • Bowel cancer operations (key hole)
      • Right hemicolectomy
      • Anterior resection
    • Anal fissure
      • Botox injection
      • Internal sphincterotomy
    •  Anal fistula
      • Laying open
      • Seton insertion

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Rob is a Consultant Colo-Rectal Surgeon at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and also sees patients privately at Exeter Nuffield - contact sophie.punter@nuffieldhealth.com 01392 262183

Mr Rob Bethune provides quality care