General

The Central Operating Theatre of Papageorgiou Hospital are a combination of the American and German architectural layout model. More specifically, in the American model, the basic and main characteristic is the arrangement of the operating theatres on either side of the central sterile material handling corridor, while the basic feature of the German model is the existence of auxiliary areas such as a pre-anaesthesia area, an exit for unclean materials, an equipment store to the peripheral corridor, an aseptic corridor and a recovery area.

The Central Surgeries of Papageorgiou General Hospital are located on the 1^st floor of the surgical wing and include two departments: central surgery and recovery.

Operating theatres

1 : Paediatric surgery
2nd & 3rd : General Surgery
4th: Ophthalmology
5th: Neurosurgery
6th & 7th: Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
8th & 9th: Orthopaedics
10η: AUTh Surgery Clinic
11η: ENT
12η: Plastic Surgery
13η: Urological
14th: Septic surgery
The operating theatres are used to treat scheduled (regular) cases as well as emergencies with an average of 50 cases per day.

Types of Surgical Interventions

Open Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Neonatal Surgery, Ophthalmology, Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology Surgery - Open as well as Diuretic and ENT Surgery