Types of Services

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Types of Services

Our hospital-based trauma and acute care surgeons are dedicated to the surgical and care management needs of patients at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Many of these patients are admitted to the hospital through Inova Trauma Center and Emergency Room after having sustained a serious injury or life-threatening condition.

Trauma expertise

  • Emergent operative interventions for acute injuries
  • Rib and sternal plating

Critical care

  • Central line placement
  • Arterial line placement
  • Bronchosopy
  • Tracheostomy
  • Percutaneous gastrostomy
  • Chest tube placement

General surgery

  • Appendectomy
  • Cholecystectomy (gallbladder surgery)
  • Hernia repair (inguinal, umbilical and abdominal wall, recurrent and complex)
  • Small and large bowel surgery
  • Thyroid and parathyroid surgery
  • Colonoscopy and upper endoscopy
  • Diverticulitis
  • Bowel obstruction
  • Skin and soft tissue lesions
  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Colonoscopy and upper endoscopy