Featuring the latest advances in surgical technology.
UF Health North features a large inpatient and outpatient surgery center that includes
five operating rooms, two gastrointestinal endoscopy rooms and two interventional
cardiology and radiology rooms. The center also includes 16 private preoperative
rooms, a 16-bay post-anesthesia care unit and 12 private recovery rooms for patients
requiring extended recoveries.
Specialties and Procedures
General Surgery
- Breast surgery
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder)
- Laparoscopic and open repairs for inguinal, ventral and umbilical hernias
- Thyroid surgery
Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
- Anterior and posterior repairs
- Bladder suspension (including tension-free vaginal tape)
- Diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy
- Dilation and curettage, often called a D&C
Gynecology
- Diagnostic and therapeutic hysteroscopy
- Polypectomy
- Uterine ablation
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Otolaryngology (ENT)
- Adenoidectomy
- Dental extractions
- Myringotomy (ear tubes)
- Jaw surgery
- Lipoma or growth removal
- Sinus surgery
- Tonsillectomy
Orthopaedic Surgery and Podiatry
- Ankle arthroscopy
- Foot surgery for bunions and hammertoes
- Fracture repairs and revisions of the hand, wrist and ankle
- Hand surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome and de Quervain’s disease
- Knee surgery (diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy and ACL repair)
- Open and arthroscopic shoulder surgery for rotator cuff repairs and subacromial
decompression
- Tendon repairs
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Breast augmentation or reduction
- Eyelid surgery
- Facelift
- Scar revisions
- Tendon and soft-tissue repairs
- Vein stripping
Urology
- Diagnostic and therapeutic cystoscopy
- Lithotripsy (kidney stone break-up)