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Minimally Invasive Procedures

With minimally invasive procedures ... less IS more.
Genesys Regional Medical Center (GRMC) offers minimally invasive surgery for many surgical procedures. Minimally invasive surgery means significantly less pain, fewer side effects, less scarring, a shorter recovery period, and a faster return to normal activities than traditional or “open” surgery.

What is minimally invasive surgery?
Minimally invasive surgery is the use of tiny tools and small incisions (cuts) to diagnose and repair surgical problems. Some of these tools are as small as a pencil. Some of the incisions are only as wide a pencil. In most cases, patients can return home the same day after many minimally invasive procedures. Sometimes they need to stay in the hospital overnight or for a few days.

For most minimally invasive procedures, the surgeon uses a tiny telescope-like instrument (arthroscope or laparoscope) connected to a tiny video camera with a light source that lets him or her see inside the body. Video monitors in the operating room show the inside of the patient’s body. The surgeon repairs the problem by passing tiny surgical instruments through the arthroscope, endoscope, or laparoscope, or through other small incisions.

Minimally Invasive Diagnostic Procedures at Genesys

• Mediastinoscopy
• Thoracoscopy
• GI
• EGD
• Urology
• Cystoscopy

Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures at Genesys

• NISSENS (Hiatal Hernia)
• Laproscopic Cholecystectomy
• Laproscopic Appendectomy
• Laproscopic Splenectomy
• Laproscopic Gastrectomy
• Laproscopic Herniorrhaphy
• Neurosurgery: Kyphoplasty
• Neurosurgery: Microdiscectomy
• Orthopedics: Rotater cuff repair
• Orthopedics: Knee surgery
• Adhesion removal
• Abdominal cavity tumor resection
• Bowel resection

Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Procedures at Genesys:

• Radial Artery Harvesting for CABG surgery
• Saphenous Vein Harvesting for CAGB surgery

Minimally Invasive Gynecological Procedures at Genesys:

• Vaginal Hysterectomy

Minimally Invasive Thoracic Procedures at Genesys:

• VAT Video Assisted Thoroscopy
• Recurrent Pneumothorax Repair
• Thoracoscopy Wedge Resections
• Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy (esophageal surgery)

Minimally Invasive Urology Procedures at Genesys:

• Laparoscopic Bladder Suspension
• Female Urethral Reinforcement
• Partial Prostatectomy

Minimally Invasive Vascular Procedures at Genesys:

• EVT Abdominal Aortic Anerysm repair (endovascular)
• Peripherial Artery Stenting (prevents or delays the need to go for open surgery & bypass grafting)

At GRMC, the future success of minimally invasive procedures can be measured in millimeters ... literally. For more information on minimally invasive surgery options available at Genesys Regional Medical Center or to schedule an appointment with a Genesys physician, please call Genesys Physician Access, our physician referral and information line at 1-800-327-6262.

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