Other Surgical Procedures Performed

• Appendectomy
• Thyroid
• Parathyroid surgery; cancer and benign enlargement / hypercalcemia
• Pilonidal cysts
• Venous Access Ports and Catheters for TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition), long term IV (Intravenous) antibiotics
• Laparoscopic and open insertion of the abdominal portion of VP (Ventriculo-Peritoneal) Shunts
• Lymph node biopsies and lymph node dissection
• Skin tumors, biopsies and lesions (lipomas moles, skin cancer, melanoma)
• Lacerations, skin cysts
• Splenectomy for ITP or tumors

We routinely care for patients with abdominal pain. Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain is perhaps one of the most common patient complaints leading to a surgical consultation.

The possibility of appendicitis must always be considered.

Appendicitis can usually be treated by laparoscopic appendectomy, but occasionally requires use of the open technique.