DEXTER G. TURNQUEST, MD PA

Procedures Performed

We utilize minimally invasive/laparoscopic procedures preferentially to allow our patients the  least traumatic and fastest recovery, often in less than  3 days. Some of the procedures performed include (click on links for more information):

Common bile duct exploration
Colon surgery - benign or malignant disease
Thyroidectomy/Parathyroiectomy (one of few surgeons utilizing video assistance to decrease incision size and reduce complication)
Procedures for ulcer disease
Myotomy for esophageal achalasia
Bowel obstruction                                                       
Breast - Mastectomy
               Breast conservation (lumpectomy)
               Axillay node dissection including sentinal (or directed)  biopsy 
Skin cancers - Melanoma w/or w/o sentinal lymph node biopy
               Basal cell carcinoma 
               Squamous cell carcnoma  
Tracheostomy
Percutaneous/open endoscopic gastrostomy 
Access for hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
Hemorrhoidectomy
Lymh node biopsies