Sentara Surgery Specialists offer various services in different locations.

Note: Not all services are offered at all locations.

Services Offered

  • Laparoscopic/minimally invasive surgery
  • Colon rectal surgery
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Breast surgery
  • Surgical oncology
  • Thoracic surgery
  • Endocrine surgery

Incision and drainage of abscesses

  • Office/operating room excisions, flap closure
  • Sentinel lymph node biopsy (The first lymph node to which cancer is likely to spread from the primary tumor)
  • Pilonidal cyst surgery

Breasts

  • Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), Core Needle Biopsy
  • Lumpectomy, mastectomy
  • Axillary dissection (Removing the lymph nodes under the arm)

Endocrine

  • Thyroidectomy (removal of all or part of the thyroid gland)
  • Parathyroidectomy (removal of one or more of the parathyroid glands that control the amount of calcium in the blood and within the bones)
  • Open or laparoscopic adrenalectomy (removal of one of both adrenal glands – which help control the body’s metabolic process)

Hernias

  • Umbilical hernias (normally appear near the navel)
  • Open, laparoscopic or robotic inguinal hernias (lower abdomen)
  • Open, laparoscopic or robotic ventral hernias (hernia that appears at the site of an incision scar)
  • Open, laparoscopic or Da Vinci robotic assist, as well as single site Da Vinci Robotic assist
  • Trans abdominal rectus release for recurrent ventral hernia

Gastrointestinal Tract (GI) Issues

  • Laparoscopic or robotic nissen fundiplication (Procedure to Correct Acid Reflux [GERD])
  • Open, laparoscopic or robotic assist cholecystectomy as well as single site Da Vinci Robotic assist (less invasive treatment for gallbladder removal)
  • Small bowel resections (surgery to remove part of your small bowel)
  • Gastric surgery
  • Laparoscopic or Da Vinci Robotic Colectomy
  • LINX® Reflux Management System (LINX procedure)

Colorectal surgery

  • Hemorrhoid treatment (banding and IRC)
  • Anal fissures
  • Perirectal (anal) abscesses
  • Condyloma (venereal warts)
  • Colonoscopy
  • Anal fistula treatment
  • Colon cancer resection
  • Rectal Cancer resection
  • Crohn’s disease surgery
  • Ulcerative colitis surgery

Advanced laparoscopy

  • Lap splenectomy (spleen removal through several small incisions versus one large incision)
 
  • Open and laparoscopic surgery of the abdomen, such as hernia repair and removal of the gallbladder or appendix
  • Gastrointestinal tract and colorectal surgeries
  • Upper endoscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Breast surgery for both cancer and benign conditions (i.e. fibrocystic disease)
  • Skin and soft tissue surgery