Minimally Invasive Therapy Center

MIS Procedures

General Surgery

The Division of General Surgery is known as a leader in performing state-of-the-art minimally invasive procedures for a wide array of diseases. In fact, our surgeons, who are now using the minimally invasive approach for most operations, have performed many of the state of Maryland's first laparoscopic procedures.

Minimally invasive treatments include:

Diagnostic laparoscopy
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
Laparoscopic appendectomy
Laparoscopic biliary enteric bypass
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal)
Laparoscopic colectomy (partial colon removal)
Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration
Laparoscopic esophagectomy
Laparoscopic esophageal myotomy for achalasia
Laparoscopic gastrectomies
Laparoscopic gastro-enterostomy
Laparoscopic gastrostomy
Laparoscopic hepatic procedures
Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
Laparoscopic jejunostomy
Laparoscopic management of gastric secretion disorders
Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for GERD
Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery
Laparoscopic placement of peritoneal dialysis catheter
Laparoscopic repair of perforated duodenal ulcers
Laparoscopic roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery
Laparoscopic small bowel surgery
Laparoscopic splenectomy
Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair
Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
Thoracoscopic/laparoscopic diaphragmatic repair

This page was last updated on: March 9, 2009.

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