Minimally Invasive Surgery
Minimally invasive surgery utilizes modern technology to perform most surgical operations through small incisions. Advanced fiber-optic light sources attached to computer-enhanced digital cameras and high-quality optical laparoscopes allow our surgeons to visualize the entire abdominal and thoracic cavities. All this is done through incisions less than one half of an inch. Specially designed instruments permit our surgeons to dissect, remove, repair, and reconstruct our patients’ pathologies through these small incisions. This technology is combined with the most modern energy sources available to minimize blood loss and prevent damage to near-by tissues.
There are several advantages to minimally invasive surgery besides the obvious reasons of less pain and smaller scars. Studies have shown that the detrimental effects of inflammation are drastically reduced in minimally invasive surgery versus open surgery. This decrease in inflammation translates into feeling better and being less sick after surgery. In general our patients are able to go home and return to work much sooner.
With the smaller incisions there is less risk of infection and future wound hernia formation. There is also less scar tissue on the inside, which means that there is a smaller chance of future bowel blockage. Our patients also experience less blood loss and are less likely to need a blood transfusion. Some operations are actually done better than open surgeries because of the better-magnified view the laparoscope offers.
Minimally Invasive Surgery performed at St. Barnabas:
- Cholecystectomy (removal of gallbladder)
- Ventral hernia repair
- Inguinal hernia repair (groin hernias)
- Appendectomy (removal of appendix)
- Diagnostic laparosocopy
- Colectomy/Colostomy (removal of part of the colon)
- Gastrostomy/Jejunostomy feeding tubes
- Gastric resection for benign disease
- Lyses of Adhesions for pain/SBO
- Stricturaplasty (making narrow intestines wider)
- Fundoplication for reflux disease (wrapping the stomach around itself to prevent heartburn)
- Splenectomy (removing the spleen)
- Adrenalectomy (removing the adrenal gland)
- Thorascopic Surgery (operations inside the chest cavity)
- We do not currently do bariatric surgery
Thursday Afternoons:
St. Barnabas Minimally Invasive Surgical Clinic
4487 Third Ave., 5th fl.
Bronx, New York 10457
(718) 960-6430
Monday Mornings (Private Office):
Bronx Park Medical Pavilion
2016 Bronxdale Ave., Suite #202
Bronx, New York 10462
(718) 863-8695
Most insurances with referral accepted
