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Southern Cross Gillies Hospital - Paediatric Surgery

Private Surgical Service, Paediatrics, General Surgery

This is where you will come to have your surgery performed. The visits to your surgeon before and after surgery will be at their consulting rooms.

Description

Gillies, a Southern Cross Hospital, is located in the heart of Epsom, Auckland.

The hospital prides itself on being a trusted private surgical hospital with highly skilled professionals providing accessible family-centred care. We value Excellence, Respect, Teamwork and Fairness.

Gillies Hospital has been designed with a focus on short stay surgery, and provides a friendly and highly professional environment.

The hospital's four operating rooms are complemented by 16 inpatient beds and a same day unit.

Consultants

Mr Phil Morreau

Paediatric Surgeon

Procedures / Treatments

Hernias

Umbilical Hernia An incision (cut) is made underneath the navel (tummy button) and the hernia (part of the intestine that is bulging through the abdominal wall) is pushed back into the abdominal cavity.… More
Orchiopexy

A small incision (cut) is made in the groin on the side of the undescended testicle and the testicle pulled down into the scrotum.… More
Sigmoidoscopy

A long, narrow tube with a tiny camera attached (sigmoidoscope) is inserted into the anus and moved through the lower large intestine (bowel).… More
Frenectomy

A fold of tissue (frenum) that attaches to the cheek, lips and/or tongue is surgically removed. More
Appendectomy

Laparoscopic: several small incisions (cuts) are made in the lower right abdomen and a narrow tube with a tiny camera attached (laparoscope) in inserted.… More
Circumcision

The foreskin is pulled away from the body of the penis and cut off, exposing the underlying head of the penis (glans).… More
Skin Biopsy

Shave Biopsy: the top layers of skin in the area being investigated are shaved off with a scalpel (surgical knife) for investigation under a microscope.… More
Skin Lesion Excision

Skin lesions such as cysts and tumours are removed by cutting around and under them with a scalpel. More
Meatoplasty (urethral)

A minor surgical procedure is performed to widen the urinary meatus or opening (where the urine exits the body). More
Hydrocoele

A small cut is made in the scrotum and the fluid is drained from the hydrocoele sac (a fluid-filled mass that forms in the scrotum).… More
Testicular Torsion

A small cut is made in the scrotum, the cord supplying blood to the testicle is untwisted and both testes are sutured (stitched) to the scrotum to prevent another torsion.… More
Spermatocoele

The fluid-filled cyst or sac (spermatocoele) that forms on the epididymis (a long tube that lies at the back of each testicle) is surgically removed. More
Thyroglossal Cyst

An incision (cut) is made in the neck over the cyst (fluid-filled sac) and the cyst cut free from muscle and other tissue.… More

Travel Directions

Click here for map guided travel directions

Public Transport

The Auckland Transport website is a good resource to plan your public transport options.

Parking

A car park is located to the left of the hospital as you enter off Gillies Ave.

Website

healthcare.southerncross.co.nz/our-healthcare-services/gillies-hospital

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