Minimally Invasive Surgery

The Minimally Invasive Surgical Services or laparoscopic surgery at Tufts Medical Center is surgery performed without a large incision. Procedures are carried out with multiple small incisions through which miniaturized surgical instruments and a camera are inserted. 

Our practice focuses on a range of gastrointestinal issues including anti-reflux disease, gall bladder disease, removal of adrenal glands, the spleen and hernia repairs.  Many times, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery can offer dramatic advantages to a patient in place of traditional open surgeries.

Minimally invasive surgery often involves less risk than open surgery, reduces the possibility of infection, and disturbs far fewer anatomic structures. A medically advanced and fully accepted type of surgery, minimally invasive procedures are performed by surgeons Scott A. Shikora, MD and Michael Tarnoff, MD in New England's newest and most advanced operating rooms at Tufts Medical Center. Our laparoscopic sugery suites known as “endosuites” are the first of a kind in New England. Installed in October of 2002, they are considered the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art, world-class facilities in the country.

For more information on Tufts Medical Center’s Minimally Invasive Surgical Services, please visit our website, www.smallscars.com

How to find out if laparoscopic surgery at Tufts Medical Center is right for you:

• Check with your primary care physician to see if Tufts Medical Center is on the appropriate network to provide this service to you
• Determine if your medical situation cannot be treated through doctor-directed management changes including adjustments in your lifestyle or taking medicine prescribed by your doctor. If so, minimally invasive surgery can be the solution your doctor suggests in order to provide rapid, often permanent relief.
• Schedule an appointment with your primary care physician to discuss having doctors at Tufts Medical Center perform your surgery.