Minimally Invasive Surgery
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Less pain. Less scarring. Shorter hospital stay.
Minimally invasive surgery involves a series of surgical techniques using special surgical instruments and tiny openings (versus a long incision). Geisinger uses the latest in endoscopic technology and has more surgeons doing more kinds of minimally invasive surgery than anyone else in the region.
With minimally invasive surgery, hospital stays are shorter and the patient returns to normal activities faster.
Minimally invasive surgery procedures include:
- Lung cancer
- Benign lung disorders
- Esophageal cancer
- Benign esophageal disorders
- Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Morbid obesity (bariatric surgery)
- Gall bladder and hernia
- Urologic and kidney disorders
- Laparoscopic splinectomies
- Laparoscopic colon resections
Geisinger Medical Center
Geisinger Wyoming Valley
