Operating Theatres/Procedures
A wide variety of procedures are undertaken under local or topical anaesthetic, or sedation in the operating theatre for ambulatory patients. Patients undergoing a procedure in theatre are recovered in the adjacent recovery area and are then ready to go home within a short time.
These procedures include:
- Bronchoscopy
- Cataract surgery
- Colonoscopy
- Colposcopy
- Cystoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Hand and foot surgery
- Hysteroscopy
- Knee arthoscopy
- Shoulder surgery
- Skin lesions
- Vasectomy