Hello, and welcome to Rhea Medical Center’s surgical department.  We are very glad you stopped by to view our website and learn a little more about what we have to offer our community.

We offer a number of same-day surgical services.  As a hospital, we also have inpatient services as needed before or after surgery.  Our services include but are not limited to:

General Surgery:

  • Laparoscopic appendix removal, laparoscopic gallbladder removal, laparoscopic hernia repairs
  • Minimally invasive breast biopsies, breast lumpectomy, partial and complete mastectomies
  • Fine needle aspirations of questionable nodules such as thyroid, cysts, etc.
  • Wide local excisions of precancerous and canerous growths, and other lesions
  • Feeding tube placements/removals
  • Port-a-cath placements and removals for chemotherapy access etc
  • Emergent and non-emergent bowel surgeries
  • Emergency tubal pregnancy corrections
  • Lung biopsies and thoracentesis procedures to drain fluid from around the lung

Endoscopy Services:

  • Colonoscopy
  • Endoscopy
  • Dilation of the esophagus

Podiatry Services:

  • Hammertoe correction
  • Bunionectomy
  • Incision and drainage of diabetic foot lesions
  • Ganglion cyst removal

Orthopedic Services:

  • Total knee replacement
  • Total hip replacement
  • Knee arthroscopies
  • Shoulder and rotator cuff repair
  • Laminectomy spine surgery
  • Hip fracture repair
  • Plate and screw placement for broken bones
  • Ganglion cyst removal
  • Carpal tunnel release

Urology Services:

  • Cystoscopy
  • Adult circumcision
  • Hydrocele correction
  • Testicular torsion correction

We pride ourselves in a personal approach to comprehensive care throughout your entire surgical experience.  At Rhea Medical Center each guest and their family member(s) are treated as if they were part of our own family.