Patient care — surgical procedures

Below are links to some general educational information about various surgical procedures and techniques offered by the UTHSCSA Digestive Diseases Center:

• Abdominal wall fat tissue biopsy
• Anal biopsy

• Balloon dilation of strictures
• Bile duct stone extraction
• Biliary stent
• Biliary tract biopsy

• Biopsies:
  • Biopsy - abdominal wall fat tissue
  • Biopsy - biliary tract
  • Biopsy - urinary tract
  • Fine needle aspirate/biopsy (FNA)
  • Biopsy - kidney
  • Biopsy - liver
  • Biopsy - polyps
  • Biopsy - rectum
  • Biopsy - needle
  • Biopsy - small bowel

• Bleeding lesions, treatment of
• Bowel resection
• Bowel resection - small intestine

• Cholecystectomy
• Colectomy
• Colostomy
• Cyst drainage

• Drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts (fluid collections)
• Decompression tube placement
• Duodenal stent

• Esophageal stent
• Esophageal varices - ligation

• Feeding tube placement - jejunal (small bowel)
• Fine needle aspirate/biopsy (FNA)
• Foreign body removal

• Gall bladder removal
• Gastrostomy (feeding tube) placement

• Intestinal obstruction repair

• Laparoscopic or laparoendoscopic or lap or MIS or surgery
• Ligation of esophageal varices
• Liver needle biopsy

• Needle biopsy
• Nephrectomy (removal of a kidney)
• Neurolysis (injection for pain control)

• Polyps
• Polyps biopsy
• Polypectomy (removal of precancerous polyps)

• Rectal, rectum biopsy
• Removal of foreign body

• Small bowel resection
• Small bowel biopsy
• Sphincterotomy (biliary, pancreatic)
• Stent placement - biliary
• Stent placement - duodenal
• Stent placement - esophageal
• Stricture dilation

• Tumor excision/polypectomy

24/7 Patient Referrals (Nights, Weekends) - 210-567-0001