General Surgery
Virginia Hospital Center has highly trained surgical specialists that perform an array of surgical procedures.
Our General Surgery team treat diseases by performing the following procedures:
- Appendicitis: Laparoscopic Appendectomy
- Breast Diseases and Breast Cancer: Image-directed (ultrasound and/or mammogram) biopsy, lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy, mastectomy and breast reconstruction (in conjuction with Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)
- Colon cancer and diverticulitis: laparoscopic colectomy and bowel surgery
- Disorders of the spleen (ITP, TTP, spherocytosis): laparoscopic splenectomy
- Endocrine diseases: minimally invasive parathyroidectomy and thyroldectomy, and laparoscopic adrenalectomy
- Excessive BMI (Body Mass Index): Weight Loss Surgery - laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and laparoscopic sleeve astrectomy
- Gallstones: laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laparoscopic comm bile duct stone removal, ERCP and bile duct stone removal (In conjunction with Gastroenterology)
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hiatus hernia and other swallowing disorders (in conjunction with Gastroentrology): laparoscopic hiatus hernia repair and Nissen fundoplication, laparoscopic Heller myotomy
- Hernias: laparoscopic hernia repair, ventral/incisional hernia repair
- Liver tumors: cryosurgery of liver tumors, liver resection
- Pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis: endoscopic and laparoscopic diagnosis and treatment, Whipple procedure (pancreato-duodenectomy)
- Sarcoma and melanoma: excision/resection
- Spine Surgery: laparoscopic approaches to spine procedures (in conjunction with Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery)