Saint Barnabas Medical Center Surgeon Performs New Minimally Invasive Gallbladder Surgery

Dec. 2, 2009 - PRLog -- (Livingston, NJ)  Ronald Chamberlain, MD, MPH, FACS, Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) recently performed SBMC’s first Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery for a gallbladder removal at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.  One of a handful of physicians in New Jersey to perform cholecystectomy using this technique, it is the newest approach to truly minimally invasive surgery.

Over the last 20 years, gallbladder surgery has gone from requiring one large incision to minimally invasive surgery that required 4 small ½ incisions.  With this type of SILS surgery, there is only one 5 millimeter incision made through the belly button to remove the gall bladder. Chamberlain cautions that the SILS procedure is technically challenging and can not be done on every patient. However, in patients that are candidates for this type of procedure there is virtually no sign of the incision.  This safe and effective surgery is one of the many advanced procedures that are being done at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.   For more information about surgical services at the hospital or to find a Saint Barnabas Medical Center surgeon, please call 1-888-SBHS-123.

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Since 1865, Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC), located at 94 Old Short Hills Road in Livingston, is New Jersey’s oldest nonprofit, nonsectarian hospital. The 597-bed institution is one of the largest heath care providers in the state, treating more than 37,000 inpatients and over 75,000 Emergency Department patients each year. The Medical Center and the Saint Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center provide treatment and services for more than 300,000 outpatient visits annually. For more information on Saint Barnabas Medical Center, please visit saintbarnabas.com and select Saint Barnabas Medical Center from the facilities list or call 1-888-SBHS-123.