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General
Surgery
General surgery is treatment of medical disorders by operative procedures.
It is frequently performed to alleviate suffering when a cure is
unlikely through medication alone.
General surgery can be used for routine procedures
performed in a physician's office, or for more complicated operations
requiring a medical team in a hospital setting.
Procedures:
Skin:
- skin
grafts
- biopsies
- management
of melanoma
- incision
and drainage of abscesses
- excision
of skin lesions
Cardiac:
Thoracic:
- thoracoscopy:
diagnostic and therapeutic
- thoracotomy
for lung cancer (lobectomy/pneumonectomy)
- esophogeal
surgery
Vascular:
- abdominal
aortic aneurysm repair
- management
of carotid artery disease (carotid endarterectomy)
- peripheral
vascular disease
- venous
disease (varicose veins)
- vascular
access devices
Abdominal:
- colectomy
for benign and malignant disease
- gastrectomy
- cholecystectomy
- management
of pancreatic cancer (whipple procedure)
- Nissen
fundoplication (for GERD)
- herniorrhaphy
Family Planning:
Laparoscopic Procedures:
- laparoscopic
choleycstectomy
- laparoscopic
Nissen fundoplication
- laparoscopic
colectomy
Endocrine:
- management
of thyroid disease/cancer
- parathyroid
disease/adenoma
- adrenalectomy
Anorectal:
- incision
and drainage of abscess
- hemorrhoidectomy
- sphincter
repair for incontinence
- fistulas
Breast:
Musculo-skeletal:
- carpal
tunnel release
- excision
of ingrown toenail
- ganglion
cyst
Endoscopy:
- colonoscopy
- esophogastroduodenoscopy
(EGD)
- flexible
sigmoidoscopy
- PEG
tube placement (feeding tube)
Complete Surgical Oncological Care
General Surgeons:
David V. Blevins,
MD, FACS
Michael
R. Canady, MD, FACS
Alice
A. Dachowski, MD, FACS
Ronn
A. Grandia, MD, FACS
John C. Green, DO, FACOS
General Surgery is available at the following
locations:
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