Many surgeries can be performed with minimally invasive procedures (sometimes called laparoscopic surgery). This type of surgery is done through very small incisions using specialized techniques, miniature cameras with microscopes, tiny fiber-optic flashlights and high definition monitors. In many specialties, Advanced Surgical Institute surgeons can perform surgery through an incision that requires only a stitch or two to close.
Minimally invasive surgery means less trauma to the body, less blood loss, smaller surgical scars and less need for pain medication. Patients leave the hospital sooner and return to normal activities sooner than with conventional open surgery. Minimally invasive surgery is performed both on an inpatient (stay in the hospital) and outpatient (go home the same day) basis.
The Advanced Surgical Institute surgeons specialize in minimally invasive surgical procedures and will be happy to answer questions about your specific surgery.
Following are some of the types of minimally invasive surgery performed at Advanced Surgical Institute. This list does not include all the minimally invasive procedures offered at this facility. Click on the links for more information, where available.
Alimentary Tract
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small Bowel
- Large Bowel
Abdomen and its contents
- Diaphragm
- Biliary tract
- Liver
- Pancreas
- Spleen
Gastroenterologic and General Surgery
- Anti-reflux
- Laparoscopic adrenalectomy
- Laparoscopic appendectomy
- Laparoscopic bariatric surgery
- Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy
- Laparoscopic esophagectomy
- Laparoscopic femoral hernia repair
- Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery
- Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair
- Laparoscopic lymph node biopsy
- Laparoscopic procedure for liver cysts
- Laparoscopic procedure for selected stomach tumors
- Laparoscopic splenectomy
- Laparoscopic treatment for large bowel tumors
- Laparoscopic treatment for small bowel tumors
- Laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair
- Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair
- Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy
- Myotomy
- Repair of hiatal hernias
- Robotic surgery
Gynecologic Surgery
Neurosurgery
Orthopedic Surgery
- Arthroscopy of most joints
- Carpal tunnel release
- Endoscopic spine surgery
- Fractures of the pelvis
- Hip replacement
- Minimally invasive spine fixations, decompression techniques
- Periarticular and intraarticular fractures of the lower extremity
- Release of joint contractures
- Rotator cuff repair
- Shoulder instability repair
- Thermal ablation of benign bone tumors
- Treatment of early joint arthritis
- Unicompartmental knee replacement
- Vertebroplasty
Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat)
- Endoscopic removal of nasal/sinus tumors
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy of malignant head and neck tumors
- Transoral laser resection of malignant oropharyngeal/laryngeal tumors
- Transcatheter laser treatment of vascular malformations
Thoracic Surgery
Urology
- Endoscopic procedures
- biopsy tumors in carefully selected cases
- determine the nature of lumps found in the upper urinary tract
- diagnose and treat a wide variety of upper urinary tract disorders
- find sources of bleeding or infection
- treat certain types of benign tumors and lesions in the upper urinary tract
- treat kidney stones
- treat stones in the ureters
- treat strictures in the upper urinary tract
- Laparoscopic procedures
- cyst unroofing or decortication (opening cysts to drain them)
- donor nephrectomy (removal of a kidney from a healthy person to transplant in a recipient; also see kidney transplantation)
- nephrectomy (removal of a kidney)
- partial nephrectomy (removal of part of a kidney)
- pyeloplasty (removing a blockage between the ureter and the kidney)
- Robotic surgery
Vascular Surgery
