Types of Surgery at Hunterdon Medical Center
Hunterdon Medical Center’s Surgery Department performs nearly 6,000 surgeries per year. These surgeries cover a wide range of specialties, including:
Breast Surgery
- Breast augmentation
- Breast reduction
- Lumpectomy
- Mastectomy
- Mastectomy with immediate reconstruction
Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT)
- Adenoidectomy (removal of adenoids)
- Balloon Sinuplasty (sinus surgery)
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Frenulectomy or Frenectomy (removal of a frenulum)
- Myringotomy (ear tube placement)
- Parathyroidectomy (removal of thyroid gland)
- Rhinoplasty (nose job)
- Septoplasty (correction of deviated septum)
- Thyroidectomy (removal of parathyroid glands)
- Tonsillectomy (removal of tonsils)
- Tympanoplasty (repair of eardrum)
General Surgery
- Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy
- Cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal)
- Colon resection
- Hernia surgery
- Splenectomy (spleen removal)
- Non-laparoscopic
- Gastrectomy (surgical removal of part of the stomach)
Neurosurgery
- Complex spine surgery and fusions
- Craniotomy
- Laminectomy
- Microdisectomy
Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Dilation & Cutellage (D&C)
- Hysterectomy (vaginal and laparoscopic abdominal)
- Laparoscopic Ooophorectomy (removal of ovaries)
Orthopedic Surgery
- Arthroscopy: knee, shoulder, hip, wrist, ankle
- Closed or open reductions of fractions
- Hand: carpal tunnel, trigger finger
- Total Hip Replacement
- Total Knee Replacement
- Laminectomy
- Microdisectomy
- Spinal Fusion
Oral Surgery
o Dental restorations
o Repair of fracture mandible (jaw)
o Wisdom Tooth Extraction
Plastic / Cosmetic Surgery
- Breast Implants
- Blepharoplasty (eye lift)
- Mole Removal
- Rhinoplasty
- Scar Removal
Podiatric / Foot Surgery
- Bunionectomy
- Foot surgery
Urology Surgery
- Bladder Surgery
- Kidney Stone Removal
- Lithotripsy
- Nephrectomy
- Prostatectomy
- Prostate seed implant
Vascular Surgery
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm resection with graft
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Femoral popliteal bypass with graft
- Vein stripping and ligation