Procedures

So are you wondering what kinds of procedures you might learn to do in our residency program?

Here’s an idea.

ANESTHESIA
Digital block
Occipital nerve block

GASTROINTESTINAL AND COLORECTAL
Anoscopy

MUSCULOSKELETAL
Acromioclavicular injection
Biceps tendon injection
Carpal tunnel injection
Ganglion cyst aspiration
Glenohumeral injection
Knee bursitis aspiration/injection
Knee joint injection/aspiration
Lateral epicondylitis Injection
Medial epicondylitis injection
Morton neuroma injection
Olecranon bursa aspiration
Plantar fasciitis injection
Subacromial space injection
Synovial cyst / Baker’s cyst aspiration
Tendon sheath injection – De Quervain’s, trigger finger
Trigger point injections
Trochanteric bursa injection

SKIN
Biopsies – punch/shave
Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections
Destruction of skin lesion – warts, cryosurgery, cautery
Drain subungual hematoma
Excisional biopsy
Incision and drainage of abscess
Removal of skin tags
Remove corn/callus
Remove ingrown nail, or full toenail
Simple laceration repair with sutures

WOMEN’S HEALTH
Bartholin’s cyst drainage
Bartholin’s gland biopsy
Cervical dilation
Colposcopy
Endometrial biopsy
IUD placement/removal
Nexplanon placement/removal
Remove cervical polyp

PROCEDURES IN THE HOSPITAL
Lumbar Puncture
Nasolaryngoscopy
Paracentesis
Percutaneous arterial cannulation
Thoracentesis
Umbilical artery catheterization
Umbilical vein cannulation

OTHER PROCEDURES IN OUR CLINIC
Banding of external hemorrhoid
Casting
Chemical ablation
Intralesional injection
Splinting
Vasectomy