General Surgery

General surgery is a discipline that involves many aspects of surgical care.

Oaklawn Medical Group – General Surgical Associates are highly skilled surgeons with an emphasis on minimally invasive techniques to achieve the best surgical outcome.  All surgeries by Oaklawn Medical Group – General Surgical Associates are performed at Oaklawn’s state-of-the-art surgical suites, The Rob Covert Surgical Center of Excellence. Many procedures utilize the da Vinci Xi surgical system.

Services provided encompass a wide range of surgeries and procedures including:

Robotic / Laparoscopic Surgery

• Gall Bladder surgery
• Hernia repair
• Appendectomy
• Anti-reflux procedures
• Colon/intestinal surgery
• Diagnostic laparoscopy

Hernia Surgery

• Inguinal hernia
• Umbilical hernia
• Incisional hernia
• Hiatal hernia

Abdominal Surgery

• Colon cancer
• Advanced abdominal wall hernia repair
• Diverticulitis
• Stomach surgery

Breast

• Minimally invasive breast biopsy techniques; stereotactic or ultrasound guided
• Surgery for breast diseases and cancer including lumpectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, mastectomy and axillary node dissection

Endoscopy

• Colonoscopy
• Colonoscopy with biopsy and/or polypectomy
• Upper endoscopy (EGD) with biopsy/dilation

Endocrine

• Thyroid

Body Wall

• Cysts
• Lumps
• Skin moles/lesions

Pediatric

• Hernias
• Appendectomy