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Surgical Services
General surgery includes evaluation of the following symptoms and problems:| Abdominal pain | Appendicitis | Breast disease (drainage, lumps, scaling) |
| Breast cancer | Colon cancer | |
| Diverticulosis | Diverticulitis | Gall bladder disease |
| Hernia | Lumps under skin | Lung Cancer |
| Nausea and vomiting, persistent or recurrent |
Skin cancer | Trauma, major (e.g. gunshot wounds, motor vehicle accidents) |
We always begin by talking with you, our patients. Sometimes we will recommend that you undergo an operation. We perform the following surgical procedures:
- Appendectomy - removing the appendix
- Breast aspiration, biopsy or mastecomy - draining painful cysts or infection, removing part or all of the breast for unusual lumps or cancer
- Cholecystectomy - removing the gall bladder
- Colectomy - removing part of the colon, e.g. for diverticulosis or colon cancer
- Herniorrhaphy - fixing a hernia in the groin, umbilicus ('belly button') or a prior abdominal surgical incision site
- Laparoscopy - using a telescopic camera to look into the abdomen, often searching for causes of pain, or extent of disease, e.g. cancer
- Lung biopsy - taking a piece of the lung
- Lung resection - removing the lung, usually for cancer
- Thoracoscopy - using a telescopic camera to look into the chest cavity, often searching for causes of fluid collections or to identify extent of disease, e.g. cancer
- Skin biopsy or excision - removing a skin lesion which may be unusual, painful, or cancerous
- Wound closures - acute (recent) and chronic (longstanding) wounds may be managed by directly closing the wound, covering it, or treating it open until it closes on its own