- ElectrocardiogramAfter all preparations are completed, you will be dressed in a hospital gown and moved to a stretcher and taken to the preoperative area where an IV will be started and all of the paperwork will be checked again. If you are having an “epidural”, it may be placed in the preoperative area. Next you will be transferred onto a narrower table in the operating room. Before surgery begins, and EKG pad will be placed on your back, a blood pressure cuff will be placed on your arm, usually on the side opposite your IV, and an electrocautery grounding pad will be placed on your leg or thigh to allow us to us an electric needle to stop bleeding during surgery, and a device that looks somewhat like a plastic clothespin will be placed on your finger or thumb nail to monitor the oxygen in your blood. Since Piedmont Hospital is a “teaching hospital”, I will have the advantage of a surgical resident assisting me with your surgery. This will help make your surgery safer and quicker and allows me a chance to pass my experience and knowledge along to others. The resident will introduce him/herself to you before surgery and will often have an opportunity to see you again before you leave the hospital.
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- General SurgeryPart of my practice was hernias the balance of the practice was your bread-and-butter general surgery such as gall bladders and colons. Over the past few years I’ve decided to focus more on hernia surgery and now approximately 95% of the cases I do are hernia-related.
- Wound CareSupport: men will usually be more comfortable after groin hernia surgery wearing support underwear such as jockey shorts to support the testicle which may be temporarily sore and swollen.
- Minimally Invasive SurgeryRobotic assisted surgery: Presently there is only one robotic device used for surgery. It is the da Vinci surgical system made by Intuitive Surgical Inc in Sunnyvale, California. Robotic-assisted surgery is a form of minimally-invasive surgery (MIS) that is performed through small incisions. Like the laparoscopic method, a high definition scope is used to three dimensionally visualize the surgical field. The surgeon sits at a console while viewing a high-definition, 3D image of the patient’s target anatomy. The surgeon’s hand, wrist and finger movements made at the console (outside of the surgical field) are translated into precise, real-time movement of surgical instruments attached to three or four robotic arms. Robotic-assisted surgery allows surgeons to perform many types of complex procedures with more precision, flexibility and control than is possible with conventional techniques.
- Robotic Surgery
- Skin CancerIn addition to specializing in the repair of hernias, we also operate on other areas which include the gallbladder, thyroid, stomach, colon, small bowel, soft tissue tumors and masses ( lipomas, sebaceous cysts) and skin tumors (melanoma and other skin cancers).