General Surgery often includes a wide variety of surgeries. Those areas listed below include the majority of surgeries used to treat a person's conditions:

• Abdominal Surgery
• Breast Surgery
• Hernia Surgery
• Thyroid Surgery
• Liver Resection

Ear, nose, and throat surgery often includes a variety of surgeries. The areas listed below include the majority of surgeries used to treat a person's conditions.

• Septoplasty
• Tonsil Removal
• Vocal Cord Medialization
• Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
• Ear Tube Placement and Removals
• Tympanoplasty
• Tympanomastoidectomy
• Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery
• Parotid Surgery
• Laryngoscopy/Microlaryngoscopy
• Nasopharyngoscopy
• Vagal Nerve Stimulators

KMC offers patient oriented care in ophthalmology procedures. The most common procedure the hospital specializes in is cataract surgery. The surgery services are dedicated to giving compassionate and excellent patient care.

Some other procedures we offer are:

• Retinal Surgery
• Corneal Transplants
• Orbital Fractures
• Blepharoplasty
• Ahmed Tube Placement
• Scleral Buckles

Through state-of-the-art surgical techniques and equipment, more and more surgeries are being performed with minimally invasive methods. This reduces the amount of time you will spend in the hospital, in recovery after surgery, and allow you greater opportunity to return to a life-style you had before.

Some of the current procedures performed at Kettering Medical Center and Sycamore Medical Center are:

• Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
• Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
• Myomectomy
• Oophorectomy
• Laparoscopic stomach surgery
• Laparoscopic colon surgery
• Laparoscopic rectal surgery
• Lung biopsy and lung resection

With Minimally Invasive Surgery the benefits of less pain, fewer side effects, speedier recovery, and shorter time spent in the hospital all contribute to get you back to living your life quicker and with less interruption.

The success of our heart program is due in part to an expert and seasoned clinical and physician team and the development of a comprehensive program, which includes education, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. This step-by-step care system recognizes the individual concerns and uncertainties of cardiac surgery patients and their families.

The Kettering Medical Center cardiac surgery team is providing patients with superior care in the areas of coronary artery bypasses and valve replacements and repairs while staying true to their vision of a world class program. We offer both on bypass and off bypass open heart surgeries. Aortic Valve replacement and Mitral valve replacement heart surgeries are performed. State of the art technology is used for the procedures.

Our team is experienced and successful in placement of life saving equipment known as Biventricular Assist Devices during heart failure.

Heart Surgery Education

The Kettering Medical Center orthopedic surgery team combines the expertise of physicians and clinical professionals to offer a comprehensive range of surgery treatments ranging from:

• Joint & Muscle
• Injuries Affecting the Spine
• Shoulder, Hand & Arm
• Hip & Knee
• Foot & Ankle

Our physicians are experts in new technologies as well as tried and true procedures. The experienced physicians of the center are committed to excellence in treating the entire range of Orthopedic injuries and disorders. Offering innovative treatments as well as specialized rehabilitation is just one of the reasons Kettering Medical Center was named as one of Solucient's 100 Top Hospitals in the nation.

Listed below are a number of the surgical procedures that our experienced physicians perform at Kettering Medical Center and Sycamore Medical Center:

Plastic surgery is a branch of surgery concerned with the repair, restoration, or improvement of lost, injured, defective, or misshapen parts of the body.

Some of the procedures currently performed at Kettering Medical Center include:

Lifts:

• chin lift
• Tummy tuck
• Breast lift
• Eyebrow/Eyelid
• Arm lift
• Forehead lift
• Neck lift
• Lower body lift

Facial Implants:

• Facial Fracture
• Skin lesion removal
• Liposuction
• Microdermabrasion
• Nose reconstruction/Rhinoplasty
• Breast implants
• Total Mandibular joint replacement w/ prosthesis surgery
• Lattisimus dorsi flap reconstruction
• Tram Flap

Our surgeons and skilled staff provide a variety of catheterization and surgical procedures related to vascular disease, veins, and arteries.

Some of the procedures we offer are:

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Open procedure for repair
• Minimally invasive repairs of aneurysm
  through stenting and/or peripheral
  angioplasty
• Lung Procedures
• Open thoracotomy
• Laparoscopic thoracoscopy
• Carotid Artery
• Endarterectomies (removing plaque from artery)
• Stenting
• Peripheral Bypass
• Femoral, popliteal, axillary, renal, and iliac arteries
• Angioplasty
• Used in blockages of arteries that supply blood to the legs or arms

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