Abdominal Procedures

• Appendectomy: Removal of the appendix
• Bowel resection: Removal of a portion of the intestines
• Cholecystectomy: Removal of the gallbladder
• Nissen fundoplication: To keep stomach acid from flowing back up into the esophagus
• Pull-through procedure for Hirschsprung's disease
• Intussusception repair: When one part of an organ has "infolded" into another, minimally invasive surgery is performed to restore normal organ function
• Liver biopsy
• Nephrectomy: Removal of the kidney
• Pyloric stenosis repair/pyloromyotomy: Open up the passage between the stomach and the small intestines
• Splenectomy: Removal of the spleen

Chest Procedures

• Lung and mid-chest biopsy, tumor or mass removal
• Myasthenia gravis: Removal of the thymus
• Pectus excavatum (funnel chest): The Nuss procedure involves the insertion of a bar into the chest to correct the problem

Other Procedures

• ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) surgery
• Facial plastic surgery
• Orthopaedics
• Genitourinary