SPECIALTIES

Listed below are the major subspecialties within our group. One or more website links are provided at the end of each description to help provide additional education on that topic. If you have additional questions, write them down and bring them to your appointment so you can ask the doctor, or email us if you prefer.

MINIMAL ACCESS (LAPAROSCOPIC) SURGERY

Laparoscopic surgery allows the surgeon to perform a procedure using small incisions, visualizing the site through a small telescope-like instrument: the laparoscope. The benefits to the patient is that smaller incisions heal with less discomfort. This usually results in a shorter hospital stay, and less time away from normal activities.

Physicians at Surgical Specialists often perform laparoscopic surgery for:

• Appendix
  
• Colon disease or cancer
  
• Esophagus
  
• Gallbladder surgery
  
• Hernias (groin and abdominal wall)
  
• Liver
  
• Pancreas
  
• Small intestine
  
• Stomach
  
• Surgery to relieve reflux (heartburn) disease
  
• Surgery of the Spleen and Adrenal glands
  

Some of these procedures many be performed on an outpatient basis (hernias, gallbladders).

Related Links:

Laparoscopic gallbladder
Laparoscopic hernia repair