Minimally Invasive Services

Our surgeons use minimally invasive surgical approaches whenever possible. These approaches are beneficial for patients because they help reduce recovery time and scarring.

Minimally invasive techniques are often used for these procedures:

• Diagnostic laparoscopy

• Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure)

• Laparoscopic:

  • Adrenalectomy

  • Appendectomy

  • Cholecystectomy

  • Evaluation of a contralateral hernia

  • Fundoplication

  • Inguinal hernia repair

  • Insertion of dialysis catheters or CSF shunts

  • Nephrectomy for dysplasia

  • Pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease

  • Varicocelectomy

  • Laparoscopy for non-palpable testis/laparoscopic orchiopexy

• Thoracoscopic:

  • Biopsy of decortication

  • Biopsy of thoracic masses

  • Decortication of empyema

  • Ligation of pulmonary blebs

  • Spinal diskectomy and fusion for scoliosis

  • Wedge resections of pulmonary nodules

  • Lobectomy

Conditions often treated with minimally invasive surgical techniques:

Abdomen

• Abdominal masses

• Appendicitis

• Cholelithiasis

• Contralateral exploration for inguinal hernia

• Dysplastic kidney

• Gastroesophageal reflux

• Hirschsprung's disease

• Hydrocephalus

• Non-palpable testis

• Pheochromocytoma, adrenal masses

• Renal failure

• Splenomegaly

• Varicocele

Chest

• Empyema

• Pulmonary nodules/metastatic disease

• Scoliosis

• Spontaneous pneumothorax

• Thoracic mass