SURGERY

When Surgery Is Your Best Option The hands of your surgeon must be steady. So, too, should his skill be backed by years of steady experience. At Boffa Surgical Group, we work to provide you with the most advanced surgical intervention and highest quality of care. Our surgeons have trained at renowned schools and have performed and participated in thousands of surgeries using the latest techniques for sentinel-node biopsy, laparoscopic gallbladder removal and laparoscopic hernia repair. For you, this means you will have some of the finest, steadiest and most experienced hands performing your surgery.

Laparoscopic Surgery: the Minimally Invasive AnswerIn prior years, surgery meant up to a week or more in the hospital and more time recuperating at home. It also meant you'd have a noticeable scar and postoperative pain. Today, laparoscopic surgery has been lauded by thousands of patients because of their short hospital stay, timely return to work and decreased recuperative pain.

Laparoscopic (minimally invasive) surgery involves the use of a long, thin instrument attached to a tiny video camera that projects images onto a monitor. Using laparoscopic technology, our doctors can perform entire surgeries through small incisions (1/4" to 1/2"). Laparoscopic procedures decrease pain, reduce recovery time and leave only small, barely noticeable scars. Laparoscopy is used extensively by our doctors for their surgeries, including:

• Hernia
• Gallbladder
• Appendix
• Spleen
• Colostomy closure
• Antireflux surgery (Nissen fundoplication)

Nissen Fundoplication: State-of-the-art Surgery for a Common Disease For more than 44% of U.S. adults, heartburn, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), is a daily struggle that has changed the way they live ­ dictating what and when they eat to how and when they sleep.

With laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication, our surgeons use a laparoscope (a tiny "telescope" attached to a camera) to see a magnified view of the patient's internal organs on a video monitor. Instead of a 10- to 12-inch incision required in traditional surgery, laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication requires just four or five tiny (1/2") incisions where the laparoscope and surgical instruments are inserted.

With Nissen fundoplication, the small incisions leave better cosmetic results. Postoperative pain is greatly reduced, and patients heal faster and are able to resume normal activities sooner, often in one to two weeks instead of six to eight weeks. In most cases, patients leave the hospital one to two days after surgery, compared to a seven- to ten-day stay with the traditional procedure.

Links for information on these medical options:

Obesity Surgery Links:
www.inamed.com
www.spotlighthealth.com

Hemorrhoids PPH Procedure:
www.surgicalstapling.com

Pain Pump for Pain Management:
www.i-flowcorp.com