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Procedures authorized by the Committee on Non-Hospital Medical Surgical Facilities to be performed at Cambie Surgery Centre approved by the Committee - June 2004

Anaesthesiology
  • General Anaesthesia
  • Intra-venous
  • Inhalation
  • Nerve blocks - pain control
  • Peripheral nerve block
  • Regional
  • Spinal
  • Steroid injection

Dentistry
  • General (carries, repair, crown)
  • Minor oral surgery
  • Multiple root
  • Restorative dentistry
  • Root resection
  • Single root

Eye Surgery
  • Blepharoplasty
  • Cataract surgery, including lens implantation
  • Phakic Lens Implant
  • IOL
  • Lens Exchange
  • Corneal surgery
  • Dacrocystorhinostomy
  • Entropion, ectropion, evisceration
  • Lid: excision, biopsy or reconstruction
  • Lid surgical reconstruction
  • Ptosis repairs

Facial and Plastic Surgery
  • Abdominoplasty
  • Blepharoplasty
  • Buttock lift, thigh lift
  • Calf implant
  • Cosmetic laser surgery (CO2 Coherent Laser) - [Certificate of training and reference letter required by the College before approval is granted]
  • Dermabrasion
  • Dupuytren's contracture repair/excision
  • Face lift and forehead lift surgery
  • Facial chemosurgery
  • Facial implant insertion
  • Fat injection
  • Hair transplantation
  • Implant revision and removal
  • Injectable soft tissue augmentation
  • Liposuction
  • Malar implants, repositioning osteotomy
  • Mastopexy, nipple reconstruction
  • Mentoplasty (including chin implantation and horizontal ostectomy)
  • Otoplasty
  • Removal of skin tumors and primary reconstructions
  • Repair of facial fractures
  • Repair of facial lacerations
  • Rhinoplasty and septoplasty
  • Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
    • Suture Lacerations
    • Excision/biopsy lesions (nevi, skin, cancers, etc)
    • I & D
  • Breasts
    • Augmentation
    • Excision of benign cyst or tumor
    • I & D of abscess
    • Reduction mammoplasty
    • Subcutaneous mastectomy

General and Miscellaneous
  • Arterial puncture
  • Biopsy, gland, muscle, or superficial tissue
  • Biopsy, synovium
  • Lymph nodes, superficial biopsy and I & D
  • Abscesses, superficial - including breast, I & D
  • Burns, localized treatment
  • Removal of foreign bodies
  • Excision of superficial scars, cysts or tumors
  • Cervical sympathectomy
  • NEW : Screening Colonoscopy

General Surgery
  • Biopsy
  • Breast biopsy
  • Endoscopic polyp resection
  • Excision of pilonidal cyst or sinus
  • Excision and repair by skin graft
  • Excision of breast cyst or tumor
  • Laparascopic cholecystectomy
  • Mastectomy
  • Skin laceration - repair
  • 1st rib resection
  • Lymph Nodes - Axillary dissection
  • Abdominal - General
    • Drainage of perineal abscess
    • Biopsy or excision
    • Hernia repair
    • Hemorrhoidectomy
    • Fissurectomy
    • Lateral Sphincterotomy
    • Fistulotomy
  Gynecology
  • Burch procedure
  • Cosmetic including:
    • Labiaplasty
    • Hymenoplasty
    • Vaginal Rejuvenation
  • Reversal of sterilization using operating microscope
  • Tubal ligation & laparoscopy

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Abscess/sequestrectomy
  • Bone grafting
  • Excision cysts and tumors
  • Extraction, transplantation,
    re-implantation
  • Fistula repair
  • Implant reconstruction
  • Maxillary sinus surgery
  • Reconstruction bone and soft tissue surgery
  • Sinus surgery

Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Arthroscopic, arthrotomy/endoscopic surgery of all amenable joints
  • Bone grafting non-union of fractures and pseudoarthrosis
  • Miscellaneous neurolysis and nerve repair or graft
  • Osteotomy closed and osteotomy open (excluding open osteotomy or major bones - ie: femur, tibia, pelvis, etc)
  • Tendon repairs and reconstructions
  • Knee
    • Arthroscopic surgery, including meniscal surgery, synovectomy
    • Oxford Knee Replacement
    • Reconstruction/Repair of Ligaments
  • Shoulder
    • Acromioplasty
    • Arthroscopy /Sub Acromial Decompression
    • Bankart/Rotator Cuff Repair
    • Biceps Tenodesis or Repair
    • Capsular Shrinkage
    • Excision of Distal Head of Clavicle
    • Fixation Osteochondral Fracture
    • Fusion
    • Ligament/Labral Repair
    • Removal of Hardware
    • Shoulder Stabilization
  • Hand
    • Arthroplasty
    • Arthroplasty finger, thumb, carpus and wrist
    • Ganglion excision
    • Internal fixation of fractures
    • NEW : Needle Aponeurotomy
    • Neurolysis
    • Palmar fasciotomy and fasciectomy
    • Repair boutonniere deformity
    • Repair of digital nerves
    • Repair of tendons: flexor, extensor
    • Skin graft
    • Synovectomy
    • Tendon transplants
    • Tenodesis, tenolysis and tendon transfers and grafts
    • Treatment of infection
  • Spine
    • Two level and single level lumbar discectomies
    • Two level and single level lumbar laminectomies for spinal stenosis
    • Two level and single level anterior discectomies
  • Foot
    • Foot & Ankle Fusion
    • Ankle Ligament Repair
    • Gastrocnemius Repair
    • Achilles Repair
    • Calcaneal Osteotomy
    • Ankle Arthroscopy
    • Ankle Arthroplasty
    • Tibial Tendon Augmentation
    • Fixation Osteochondral Fracture
    • Removal of Hardware

Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
  • Excision of lesions of oral cavity
  • Laser endoscopic removal of lesions
  • Minor facial fractures repair
  • Myringotomy
  • Otoplasty
  • Reconstruction surgery of facial bones
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Salivary glands and ducts
  • Submucous resection of septum or turbinates
  • Tracheostomy (emergency)
  • Tympanoplasty
  • Uvuloplasty

Urology
  • Penoplasty, penile vein ligation
  • Vasectomy and vasectomy reversal

Vascular Surgery
  • Varicose vein injection
  • Varicose vein surgery
  • Fasciotomy for Compartment Syndrome
  • Insertion Vascular Access Device