Mid-South Surgeons

In the General Surgical practice highly trained board certified surgeons focus on the abdominal organs of the body. Some of the common issues are appendicitis, hernias, gallbladder, stomach and intestines. A General Surgeon will have completed four years of Medical School, earning the Medical Doctorate (MD) and then they will spend and additional five years in a Surgical Internship or Residency program.

Since General Surgeons must become competent in a large number of types of surgeries, most Internships or Residencies will take place in large metropolitan cities with large hospitals.

Once a General Surgery Internship is completed, some surgeons, as they have at The Surgical Clinic at Mid-South Surgeons, will add an additional study in order to become Vascular Surgeons (an additional two years of Fellowship) or Breast Surgeons (an additional one year of Fellowship) or Surgeons proficient in Minimally Invasive Surgery (an additional one year of Fellowship).

In the Vascular Surgical practice board certified surgeons are focused on the way in which blood travels through the body. Because blood contains oxygen, the food for your body, and takes garbage out of your tissues to remove it, it is important that blood is traveling efficiently. What we do know is that every minute of every day your heart sends a single droplet of your blood on a complete circuit through your body. When you stand, sit or move around the tubes that your blood is flowing through (the veins and arteries) have to adjust. And these tubes have to adjust to other changes you make like weight gain or pregnancy. Over time and with changes the veins and arteries can become less elastic and begin to sag. This allows blood to pool and can make it inefficient in getting a full circuit in a single minute.
Sagging veins can become painful and they can even become dangerous for patients. The good news is that Vascular Surgeons can help most people eliminate the saggy veins. And, with today’s technology, many times the surgery can be done in an outpatient setting.

Aortic Aneurysms
Aortic Imaging
Carotid Artery Stenosis
Carotid Duplex Imaging
Dialysis Access Imaging
Extremity Blood Flow
Mesenteric Duplex Imaging
Non-Invasive Peripheral Arterial Studies
Peripheral Bypass Graft Surveillance
Renal Artery Imaging Thyroid Imaging
Vascular Screening
Venous Imaging Vein Mapping

Adrenalectomy
Appendectomy
Advanced Laparoscopy
Aortic Aneurysm Repair – Open & Endovascular
Appendectomy
Biopsies
Bowel and Colon Resection
Breast (Conservation/Lumpectomy, Mastectomy, Mammosite)
Cancer
Carotid Endarterectomy
Carotid Stenting
Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder)
Colon & Intestine
Colostomy Formation
Colostomy Reversal
Dialysis Access
Diverticular Disease of the Colon
Fine Needle Breast Aspiration
General Surgery
Hemorrhoids
Hernia Repair (Inguinal, Incisional, Ventral, Umbilical, Spigelian)
Hernia Repair (Open)
Lipoma, Cysts & Skin Lesion Excision
Liver
Liver Biopsy
Lymph Node
Lymph Node Biopsy/Dissection
Mechanical Thrombectomy
Nissen Fundoplication
Peripheral Artery Angioplasty & Stenting
Peripheral Artery Bypass Grafting
Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter (Placement and Removal)
Phlebectomy
Port-a-cath (Placement & Removal)
Reflux/Peptic Ulcer Disease Surgery
Skin (Melanoma, Squamous Cell, Basal Cell)
Splenectomy
Stereotactic Breast
Stomach
Temporal Artery Biopsy
Thrombolytic Therapy
Thyroid
Varicose Vein Laser Ablation
Varicose Vein Sclerotherapy
Varicose Vein Stripping
Vascular/Endovascular
Vena Cava Filter Placement
Venous Imaging