Gastrointestinal Surgery
Gastrointestinal minimally invasive surgeries
include:
- Laparoscopic anti-reflux – Used
to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD).
Using small abdominal incisions for access,
surgeons use a laparoscope to view internal
organs and reinforce the valve between the esophagus
and the stomach.
- Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair
– Using small abdominal incisions for
access, surgeons use a laparoscope to view internal
organs, remove existing scar tissue and place
a surgical mesh under the hernia defect and
attach it to the strong tissues of the abdominal
wall.
- Laparoscopic myotomy for achalasia
– Using small abdominal incisions for
access, surgeons use a laparoscope to view the
esophagus and repair the muscle of the lower
esophagus.
- Laparoscopic gallstone removal –
Using the navel and small abdominal incisions
for access, surgeons use a laparoscope to view
the gallbladder, detach it, deflate it and remove
it through the navel.
- Laparoscopic spleen removal –
Using small abdominal incisions for access,
surgeons use a laparoscope to view the spleen,
detach it, place it in a surgical bag and remove
it through an incision.
- Laparoscopic removal of stomach tumors
– Using small abdominal incisions for
access, surgeons use a laparoscope to view and
remove a tumor.
- Laparoscopic adrenalectomy –
Using small abdominal incisions for access,
surgeons use a laparoscope to remove an adrenal
gland.
Gastrointestinal Surgery:
Allen
H. Bar, MD
Jeffrey
Brodsky, MD
Matt
L. Kirkland, MD
Alan
L. Schuricht, MD
David
Wernsing, MD
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