Surgical Procedures

Service Description

Memorial has a very active same day surgery department, with a well qualified staff, regularly doing surgeries in the areas of orthopedics, urology, ENT, podiatry, cataracts and general surgery. Our surgical department includes two large surgical suites and a procedure room. GENERAL SURGERY: • Amputation • Appendectomy • Artery biopsy • Axillary dissection • Biopsy • Bowel resection surgery • Breast biopsy • Breast mass excisions • Circumcision • Closure of stoma • Colonoscopy • Colostomy • EGD (scope to look into the stomach) • Excision of lumps and bumps, ganglions, cysts • Exploratory abdominal surgery • Feeding tubes • Fine needle aspiration thyroid biopsy • Fistulectomy • Foreign body removal • Gallbladder surgery • Hemorrhoid treatment/surgery • Hernia surgery – Hiatal, Incisional, Inguinal, Umbilical, Ventral) • Hydrocelectomy • Incision and Drainage (lesions, Peritonsilar abscess) • Insertion Port-a Cath • Laceration repair • Low anterior resection • Lymph node biopsy and excision • Mass excision • Mastectomy • Muscle biopsy • Paracentesis • Parotidectomy • Sentinal Node mapping biopsy • Sigmoidoscopy • Skin graft • Spleenectomy • Thoracentesis • Thyroidectomy • Vasectomy • Wound vac application PAIN INTERVENTION • Blood patch • Cervical facet epidural steroid injection • Epidural steroid injections • Medial branch nerve block – back and neck injection • Sacro iliac joint injection • Radio frequency ablation for back and neck injections • Femoral nerve branch block OPHTHALMOLOGY • Cataracts • Excision eyelid lesion ORTHOPEDICS • Hand surgery – joint arthroplasty/open reduction internal fixation of metacarpal • Bicep tendon repair • Carpal tunnel repairs • Ulnar nerve transposition in arm • Tendon and nerve repair finger/thumb • Patella surgery • Tennis elbow debridement • Arthroscopies – elbow, knee and shoulder • Excision of ganglions and cyst • Wrist surgery • Achilles tendon repair • Dupuytren’s contracture • Deque OTOLARYNGOLOY (ENT) • Deep Cervical Lymph node biopsy • Sinus balloon dilatation • Septoplasty (Sinus surgery) • Thyroidectomy • Myringotomy (ear tubes) • Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy • Laryngoscopy • Nasal endoscopy • Uvulectomy • Rhinoplasty • Tracheostomy • Frenulectomy • Excision facial lesion • Fine needle aspiration thyroid biopsy • Ear lobe repair PODIATRY • Amputation of digit • Arthroplasty • Bunionectomy • Ganglion, cyst excision • Excision exostosis • Foreign body removal • Hardware removal • Hammer toe repair