Surgery

When it’s someone you love, there’s nothing “general” about general surgery. So whether from an accident, illness, or sports injury, our surgeons bring leading expertise to general surgeries across circumstances and health concerns.

Our specialized surgery includes larger-scale, more in-depth patient cases, including Pancreas and Kidney Transplants, Thoracic Surgery, Lung & Esophageal Cancer/Thoracic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery. We deliver specialized teams of surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists for the best possible outcomes.

So why should you choose ECMC for elective surgery?

• From shoulder reconstruction to knee surgery, ECMC is the facility of choice for patients around Western New York to have elective surgery. We offer special expertise in orthopedics, and commonly handle our area’s most complex cases.
• We’re the region’s only designated Adult Trauma Center, which means the surgeon performing your knee surgery in the morning could have spent the previous day reconstructing someone’s entire leg. Because our surgeons handle some of the most difficult and complex cases, they’re extremely skilled and highly experienced, able to handle nearly any type of procedure.
• Of course, our partnership with UB Orthopedics is also a significant advantage, as it brings some of the most recognized, innovative specialists in Western New York—who also happen to be University at Buffalo professors—together with our highly trained staff here at ECMC.

So remember, even when it’s not an emergency, ask your doctor to refer you to ECMC.

Opened in 2003, ECMC’s Minimally Invasive Surgery Center is not just the first and only adult-focused operating room of its kind in Western New York—it’s also the most technologically advanced adult surgical suite of its kind for adults in our region.

The minimally invasive surgery suite at ECMC features advanced video technology that lets surgeons perform procedures through small incisions, with minimal scarring and fewer complications.

Minimally invasive procedures performed at ECMC include:

• Angioplasty/stenting of arteries and veins
• Arthroscopic surgery of knees, shoulders, elbows, and ankles
• Laparoscopic gall bladder surgery and appendix removal
• Laparoscopic intestinal surgery
• Laparoscopic kidney removal for tumor and transplantation
• Laparoscopic removal of ovarian cysts
• Laparoscopic solid organ surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery of the chest
• Urologic endoscopy procedures

At Synergy Bariatrics, a department of ECMC, our mission is to provide compassionate, patient-centered medical and surgical care to patients seeking better health through weight loss surgery, including sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, and revisional bariatric surgery.

Neurosurgery services at ECMC include emergency room consultations and immediate care for severely injured patients, surgery and daily intensive care services. The entire team works closely with the trauma team and the nurses and physicians in the intensive care unit.

In 2005, ECMC acquired Compass, a navigation system for neurosurgery that isolates and identifies tumor location during surgery, providing a “map” for the surgeons even before they make their first cut.

The Center for Oncology Care at ECMC offers specialty plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery to restore a sense of normalcy and wellness after illness or trauma.

The Department of Surgery conducts four surgical clinics each week at ECMC. All clinics deal with general surgical problems, trauma referrals, and post-operative care.