Minimal Access Procedures We Perform
Infants and Children
- Removal of the:
- Spleen or gallbladder
- Thymus (thymectomy)
- Appendix (appendectomy)
- Read more about scarless surgery for these procedures
- Removal of lesions and masses on a child’s sides, back, chest, neck and head
- Hernia in the groin (inguinal) or belly button (umbilical)
- Nuss repair of sunken (pectus excavatum) or funnel chest (pectus carinatum)
- Hirschsprung’s disease and imperforate anus (also known as anorectal malformation or anal atresia)
- Incomplete formation of the swallowing tube from throat to stomach (esophageal atresia)
- Repair of blockage of the valve connecting stomach to small intestine (pyloric stenosis)
- Cutting and sealing a portion of the sympathetic nerve chain that runs down the backbone (sympathectomy). The procedure permanently interrupts the nerve signal that is causing the body to sweat excessively (hyperhidrosis).
- Removal of part of the lung (lung resection)
- Removal of part of the large intestine (bowel resection)
- Heller myotomy for achalasia
- Fundoplication for pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Pregnant Women and Fetuses
- Complications of twin pregnancies (monochorionic twinning)
- Select heart disorders (in collaboration with the hospital’s Children’s Heart Center)
- EXIT procedure - Ex-utero Interpartum Treatment (EXIT) is performed while the baby is still connected to the placenta to fix airway obstructions.
- Pregnant women
- Appendectomy
- Gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy)
- Treatment of pancreatitis