Acid reflux is caused when the muscular band at the bottom of your esophagus (lower esophageal sphincter) relaxes abnormally, causing stomach acid to flow back up into your esophagus. This lower esophageal pressure is usually accompanied by a hiatal hernia, a gradual enlargement of the opening in the diaphragm that allows the esophagus to pass [...]
Author Archives: Adel El-Ghazzawy, MD
For any number of reasons, someone could be born with or develop a weak spot in the muscle or tissue of the abdominal wall. Sometimes, a piece of bulging organ or tissue pokes through that weak spot and causes a bulge, or a hernia. Although very common and often self-diagnosable, some types of hernias can […]
An inguinal hernia is a bulge or tear in the muscle tissue of the groin that can allow a portion of intestine to squeeze through. Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias is a minimally invasive surgical technique where a laparoscope – or a thin tube with a small camera at the end – is inserted into […]
Removal of the gallbladder utilizing minimally invasive surgical techniques is called Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. It involves inserting a tiny video camera with light (laparoscope) into a small incision near the navel. The surgeon can then watch the internal organs through a video monitor while manipulating long, specially designed instruments through additional incisions. The gallbladder is delicately […]
The field of minimally-invasive surgery is an ever-expanding one, and robotic single site cholecystectomy is on the cutting-edge of it. Cholecystectomy, or removal of the Gall Bladder, has classically been done with open or laparoscopic surgery, but most people who require a cholecystectomy are candidates for the robotic single-site procedure. The US Food and Drug […]
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