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At Lenox Hill Surgeons, our dedicated team of nyc surgeons and medical professionals provide compassionate care with the highest ethical & professional standards. In our state of the art facility, we offer surgical services using only the most cutting edge and current procedures and treatments.We specialize in general surgery, including extensive experience in performing hernia repair surgery. Our expertise is in minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery. Minimally invasive and robotic surgery often allow patients to experience easier recovery than traditional open surgery. They also allow for more precise and less traumatic surgery. When robotic and minimally invasive surgery is not an option, we are also skilled and experienced in traditional open surgical procedures.
All of our doctors are experienced and skilled surgeons having undergone extensive training in school, residency and fellowships. They all practice medicine with ethical behavior, compassion and superb bedside manner. In the operating room they all exhibit precise mechanical abilities, analytical thinking and the ability to visualize tissue in three dimensions. These innate and learned skills allow our surgeons to be some of the most dexterous and skilled professionals in all of New York City and the Country.
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We are honored and deeply appreciative to have consistently received prestigious awards and recognition year after year, establishing us as one of New York’s foremost hospitals for a wide range of general surgeries, safety measures, specialized procedures, and overall excellence in healthcare. At Lenox Hill Surgeons, our unwavering commitment lies in delivering exceptional care and unwavering support to our patients, guaranteeing their safety and successful recovery throughout their entire surgical experience.
Hospital Quality Awards
America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award™ (2023, 2022)
Top 1% in the nation for providing the highest clinical quality year over year.
America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award™ (2021)
Top 2% in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality year over year.
America’s 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2023, 2022, 2021)
Top 5% in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality.
Patient Safety Excellence Award™ (2023, 2022)
Top in the nation for providing excellence in patient safety by preventing infections, medical errors, and other preventable complications.
Specialty Clinical Quality Awards
America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award™ (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
Superior clinical outcomes in heart bypass surgery, coronary interventional procedures, heart attack treatment, heart failure treatment, and heart valve surgery.
America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention Award™ (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
Superior clinical outcomes in coronary intervention procedures (angioplasty with stent).
America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery Award™ (2023, 2022, 2021)
Superior clinical outcomes in prostate removal surgery and transurethral resection of the prostate.
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Monthly Archives: February 2018
What to Expect from Laparoscopic Colon Resection Surgery
Colon surgeries account for more than 600,000 of the surgical procedures performed every year in the United States with colon surgery being used to treat a wide spectrum of diseases, including cancer, polyps, inflammatory bowel diseases; mainly Chron’s and ulcerative colitis. Colectomies or surgeries on the colon used to be invasive and have extensive recuperation periods. Now, however, we can use laparoscopic techniques to make surgeries much less invasive and much less painful.
What Is a Laparoscopic Colon Resection?
Laparoscopic surgery is part of a technique known as minimally invasive surgery. The goal of such procedures is to minimize the patient’s suffering and ensure that they inflict the smallest wound possible on the patient when accessing the diseased part of the colon.
Most of the colonic laparoscopies that are performed are of a type known as keyhole surgery; instruments are fed through a small number of openings, each incision measuring about a quarter of an inch. By using a fiber optic camera, surgeons can project an image of the patient’s colon on to a monitor to guide them.
What Are the Advantages of Laparoscopic Surgery?
Laparoscopic colon resection surgery NYC uses just a small incision in the body to feed instruments through, often guided by fiber optic cameras. Results may vary, depending on the extent of the surgery and the skill of the individual surgeon, but in general, laparoscopic surgery has many advantages over conventional methods.
There is less postoperative pain with laparoscopic surgery owing to the smaller wounds required. Consequently, patients have a much shorter recuperation period and thus require less hospital resources throughout the course of their treatment. Because there is much less damage to the surrounding area for most operations, patients can return to a solid-food diet much sooner than they would otherwise be able to. This also speeds up the return of the patient’s normal bowel functioning. Laparoscopic surgery also involves a much smaller wound than usual, so there is less cosmetic damage and scarring.
Is Laparoscopic Surgery Suitable for Me?
Laparoscopic surgery has very wide-ranging applications and is used in a number of very different bowel diseases. For patients that are suitable for laparoscopic surgery, the experience is much easier. However, it is not appropriate for everyone.
To find out if you are suitable for colon surgery, visit our colon resection surgery NYC clinic to arrange a consultation.
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What Is a Hernia?
Most of you will have at least heard of a hernia. In fact, a good percentage of you almost certainly know someone who has suffered from one, but you might not know exactly what one is, perhaps because a description of a hernia actually makes it sound far worse than it is.
The good news is that hernias are relatively uncommon. in 2015, there we 18.5 million cases in a global population of roughly 7.2 billion people.
Essentially, a hernia is when an organ pushes through the muscle that holds it in place. They most commonly occur in the abdomen but are also sometimes seen in the groin and upper thigh. Fortunately, hernias aren’t immediately life-threatening, but they also won’t go away on their own and so hernia surgery NYC is sometimes required.
Inguinal
There are several different types of hernias with the most common, accounting for roughly 70% of cases, being inguinal hernias. Inguinal hernias are when the intestines force their way through the lower abdomen wall, in an area of the body known as the inguinal canal.
The Inguinal canal is in the groin. Because of the physiological differences between men and women in this area, this type is more common in men.
Hiatal
A hiatal hernia is when your diaphragm, a muscle used in the process of breathing, and which separates the organs in the abdomen from those in the chest, is intruded by part of the stomach, which pushes right through to the chest cavity. This type generally occurs in the younger population (under-50s); it is also one of the more likely hernias to be seen in children. Generally, when this occurs, it is because of a congenital defect.
Other Types of Hernia
These are the most common types of hernia, but others can occur. An umbilical hernia is sometimes seen in infants less than 6 months old and it occurs when the intestines push through the abdomen wall. This type of hernia is often accompanied by a noticeable bulge in the belly. Fortunately, this is the only type which sometimes spontaneously heals. After abdominal surgery, an incisional hernia can occur if the intestines push through the incision wound.
While hernias are relatively common they are fortunately easy to treat. Visit our renowned Surgery NYC clinic if you are concerned and would like a consultation.