Surgical Services
Peri-operative
Services - Mississauga
Operating
Room
Trillium - Mississauga
features 11 state-of-the-art operating rooms for inpatient
and high risk day surgery cases, and offers the latest in
surgical equipment available today. The service also features
two new operating rooms dedicated to cardiac surgery, located
immediately adjacent to the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care
Unit (CSICU).
There is a major
tendency towards introducing and refining minimally invasive
procedures, for example, colon and intestinal resections,
gall bladder, hernia, thorascopic and spleen-related procedures
are all done using laparoscopic technique (small access ‘ports’
rather than a large incision). Three of the more recently
introduced minimally invasive procedures offered at Trillium
are sentinel node biopsies, laparoscopic nephrectomy and radiofrequency
ablation
Cystometrogram
Unit: This new equipment allows our urological team to
correctly measure bladder capacity.
Holmium YAG Laser:
Until recently, patients from the Trillium community suffering
painful uretary (the tube that conveys urine from the kidney
to the bladder) or renal (kidney) stones had to be transferred
to a downtown hospital for surgery to remove the obstruction.
Trillium now has the flexible Holmium YAG Laser equipment
and training to provide this day surgical procedure right
here in their home community.
Laparoscopic
Nephrectomy: Trillium is among a handful of hospitals
that provide this alternative to major surgery when removal
of a kidney is necessary. The procedure is now accomplished
by creating 2-3 half-inch 'ports' through which surgical instruments
can be guided with the help of a viewing monitor. The patient
can normally go home after two days rather than the previous
week-long hospital stay.
Minimally Invasive
Surgery (Bowel Resection): Trillium is a leader in minimally-invasive
surgery. A wide range of surgeries (i.e. hiatus hernia, groin
hernia, appendix, gall bladder removal) are now managed using
small ports rather than large incisions. Patients typically
go home the same day.
Neuronavigational
System: This state-of-the-art neurosurgical tool allows
physicians to, on a computer, reconstruct a 3-dimensional
(3-D) image of the diagnostic tests (i.e. MRI, CT Scan) for
an exact reference during the surgical procedure.
Radiofrequency
Ablation: Liver cancer, one of the most common types of
malignancy in the western world, typically requires a 6-8
hour operation with a large surgical incision to remove the
tumor along with a significant portion of the liver. Patients
require a stay in the Intensive Care Unit and experience a
lengthy recovery period. Trillium is one of only a few hospitals
in Canada using radiofrequency ablation (controlled heat)
applied to the tumor via electrodes. The entire procedure
takes about 60 minutes, causing very little discomfort for
the patient who then requires only an overnight stay.
Sentinal Node
Navigator: This equipment allows physicians to use radioactive
and radiopaque dye to locate lymph nodes accurately during
breast surgery.
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