Hello, and welcome to Rhea Medical Center’s surgical department. We are very glad you stopped by to view our website and learn a little more about what we have to offer our community.
We offer a number of same-day surgical services. As a hospital, we also have inpatient services as needed before or after surgery. Our services include but are not limited to:
General Surgery:
- Laparoscopic appendix removal, laparoscopic gallbladder removal, laparoscopic hernia repairs
- Minimally invasive breast biopsies, breast lumpectomy, partial and complete mastectomies
- Fine needle aspirations of questionable nodules such as thyroid, cysts, etc.
- Wide local excisions of precancerous and canerous growths, and other lesions
- Feeding tube placements/removals
- Port-a-cath placements and removals for chemotherapy access etc
- Emergent and non-emergent bowel surgeries
- Emergency tubal pregnancy corrections
- Lung biopsies and thoracentesis procedures to drain fluid from around the lung
Endoscopy Services:
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopy
- Dilation of the esophagus
Podiatry Services:
- Hammertoe correction
- Bunionectomy
- Incision and drainage of diabetic foot lesions
- Ganglion cyst removal
Orthopedic Services:
- Total knee replacement
- Total hip replacement
- Knee arthroscopies
- Shoulder and rotator cuff repair
- Laminectomy spine surgery
- Hip fracture repair
- Plate and screw placement for broken bones
- Ganglion cyst removal
- Carpal tunnel release
Urology Services:
- Cystoscopy
- Adult circumcision
- Hydrocele correction
- Testicular torsion correction