Elective Procedures - Open Surgery

Elective Procedures that are routinely performed with open surgery by Minimally Invasive Surgeons of Greater Hartford, LLC include:

Pancreatic Head Resection. Excision of the head of the pancreas for benign or malignant conditions.

Liver Resection. Also called hepatectomy is the removal of part of the liver for benign or malignant tumors.

Excision of skin and soft tissue masses. Removal of superficial skin lesions such as, moles, growths, cysts; and subcutaneous masses such as Lipomas. These usually are repaired with simple sutures and can be done either in the office setting or as an outpatient hospital procedure.

Excision of skin cancer with or without sentinel lymph node biopsy. Removal of malignant skin lesions. Biopsies or appropriate small lesions are excised in the office setting. Larger lesions and definitive excisions will be done in the hospital outpatient setting. A sentinel node biopsy will be performed for appropriately deep melanomas to accurately stage the progression of the disease.

Drainage and debridement of soft tissue infections. Procedure where an abscess is surgically opened and drained. This is usually done in the office setting, but advanced infections may require aggressive debridement in the operating room.