The Department of Surgery provides quality surgical services. Thanks to technological advancements, many procedures can be done on the same-day of admission. Outpatient procedures are done predominantly in Easton Hospital’s Short Procedure Unit.
Easton Hospital was first in the region to offer SLT (Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty), an advanced procedure for open-angle glaucoma.
The following are among the many procedures performed annually at Easton Hospital:
- General surgery
- Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity
- Cardiothoracic surgery, including open heart surgery
- Colon and rectal surgery
- Cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
- GI procedures
- Kidney stone lithotripsy
- Laparoscopic surgery, including laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Ophthalmology, including micro and laser surgery for the eyes
- Neurorsurgery, utilizing intraoperative ultrasound
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Orthopedic surgery, including joint replacement
- Otolaryngology (Ear-Nose-Throat)
- Surgical oncology, including stereotactic breast biopsy
- Urology
- Vascular surgery