Our practice has two modern purpose designed treatment rooms, along with nursing staff, equipment, sterilisation facilities and a stock of consumable items. Many of our doctors are also skilled and experienced in the performance of a number of minor procedures. This offers our patients more convenience and less cost and reduces the burden on our local specialists and health facilities. Procedures offered by our doctors include:
- Contraception:
- Vasectomy (click for more information)
- Mirena™ and copper IUD insertion and removal
- Implanon™ insertion and removal
- Skin surgery:
- Removal of suspected skin cancers
- Punch biopsy of suspected skin cancers
- Flaps and skin grafts
- Removal of cysts
- Removal of superficial lipomas
- Cryotherapy (freezing with liquid nitrogen) of sun damaged skin and warts
- Musculoskeletal:
- Excision of some ganglions
- Ultrasound-guided injections
- Ultrasound-guided lavage and aspiration of calcific tendinosis (calcium inclusions within a tendon)
- Iron Infusions – for the intravenous treatment of low iron stores
- Venesections – the process of draining blood from the circulatory system for the treatment of blood disorders such as haemochromatosis
- Circumcision – offered by Dr Gildenhuys for babies under 3 months of age