Transforming the Surgical Experience in East Tennessee

If you are considering bariatric surgery, we have the experience and excellence to help. Fort Sanders Center for Bariatric Surgery is accredited as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program and offer board-certified surgeons with 25 years of combined experience and 3,000 bariatric surgeries.

Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in the surgical treatment of organs inside the chest. Heart (cardiac) and chest (thoracic) surgeons at Fort Sanders Regional diagnose and surgically treat conditions of the heart, lungs, chest, and esophagus. Fort Sanders Regional specializes in a variety of cardiac treatment and intervention procedures to help protect your cardiothoracic health.

Surgeons specializing in colon/rectal surgeries evaluate and treat patients with lower intestinal tract abnormalities (large bowel, rectum, and anus), colorectal cancer, or other ailments such as hemorrhoids. 

At one time, if you needed one of these procedures, it would have been performed by open surgery; however, now most are done using laparoscopy. This minimally invasive technique offers smaller incisions, fewer complications and a faster recovery time to get you back to regular life.

Day surgery, also known as outpatient surgery, allows you to return home on the same day of your surgical procedure. These types of procedures are typically less invasive and include common surgeries such as tonsillectomies, hernia repairs, and gallbladder removal. 

Not all patients are candidates for day surgery, and some procedures require hospitalization.  

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland.

If you need neurosurgery, Fort Sanders Regional has expert staff and advanced technology you can trust.

Our neurosurgeons provide surgical intervention for brain tumors, aneurysms, and hemorrhages, as well as a host of spine conditions. Neurosurgeons also provide surgical relief for a host of issues caused by nerve and muscle diseases, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic back pain, and conditions resistant to medical management, like Parkinson’s disease.

Advanced Neurosurgical Technology, Giving You a Better Outcome

Our neurosurgeons use the latest technology including StealthStation Treon Plus®. StealthStation Treon helps guide our neurosurgeons through a variety of operations, including neurological and spinal procedures. This 3D imaging system uses global positioning technology to give physicians real-time views inside the body, without radiation. 

With image-guided information, a surgeon can create a precise, detailed map of the surgical area and pinpoint the exact position needed for surgical instruments. The Stealth Treon® system allows less invasive operations and helps avoid brain and nerve damage.

Orthopedic surgery is the branch of medicine concerned with diseases, injuries, and conditions of the musculoskeletal system relating to the body’s muscles and skeleton, and including the joints, ligaments, tendons and nerves. 

Fort Sanders Regional’s Joint Center is a leader in hip and knee joint replacement — providing you with pain relief and increased mobility and activity. 

Our team of experienced orthopedic surgeons, nurses, clinicians, and therapists work together to stay on top of the latest technological advances and minimally invasive surgical techniques to provide you with better care.

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involved with both the improvement of a person’s appearance and the reconstruction of facial and body tissue defects due to illness, trauma, or birth disorders. Plastic surgery restores and improves function, as well as appearance. It can involve surgery on any part of the anatomy, except the central nervous system.

Many conditions of the ear, nose, and throat require clinical care by a physician or other health care professional. Otolaryngologists, commonly called ENTs, diagnose and manage diseases and disorders of the ear, nose, throat, and other related structures. 

If you need sinus surgery, Fort Sanders Regional provides the latest technology used for endoscopic sinus procedures.

Endoscopic sinus surgery is a procedure to open the passages of the nose and sinuses. It is done to treat long-term sinus infections. Surgery is called endoscopic because an instrument called an endoscope is used. This is a small, rigid tube with a light and a camera at the end. Small cuts are made in the nose and sinuses to allow the scope to pass. The surgeon then uses small tools to do the surgery.

Sinus Procedures

We offer a variety of sinus procedures to meet your unique needs. They include:

• Removal of adenoids with or without sinus wash – Adenoids are small glands behind the nose. Adenoids may cause problems with the sinuses. The sinuses may be washed (irrigated). The fluid is collected and sent to the lab to check for infection.
• Balloon sinus dilation – Small balloons are dilated to open passages in the sinuses.
• Functional endoscopic sinus surgery – The surgeon uses an endoscope during surgery to open sinus passages, remove growths, or fix other problems.

If you are fighting cancer and require surgical intervention, our surgical oncologists are here to help. They specialize in various types of cancers and work with your oncology team to perform biopsies and remove tumors.   

Vascular surgery is a surgical specialty in which diseases of your vascular system — the arteries, veins, and lymphatic circulation — are managed by medical treatment.