Procedures

At the Richmond Clinic, Jane is available for consultations and can perform minor procedures such as banding of haemorrhoids and excision of skin lesions/anal skin tags.

For any condition requiring sedation or a general anaesthetic procedures are carried out at Tasman Day Surgery (341 Lower Queen Street), Nelson Day Surgery (132 Collingwood Street) or Manuka Street Hospital.

Procedures Jane provides at Manuka Street Hospital are:

• Gastroscopy (looking into stomach with an endoscope)
• Colonoscopy (looking into the colon otherwise known as large bowel) with an endoscope – an endoscope is a long flexible tube with a camera on the end that can visualize the lining of the gut. If there are any polyps (an abnormal overgrowth of the lining of the colon that can sometimes lead to bowel cancer) Jane can often remove them at the time.
• Jane offers laparoscopic surgery when appropriate (if not appropriate these will be done using an open approach which means a larger incision) for the following conditions:

1. Inguinal, femoral, umbilical and incisional hernias
2. Gallstone/gallbladder removal
3. Colon cancer
4. Diverticular disease
5. Inflammatory bowel disease involving either small or large bowel
6. Rectal prolapse
7. Resection of abdominal and/or pelvic endometriosis. This is done in conjunction with my gynaecology colleagues, the initial work up for the patient will be with the gynaecology team.

Procedures Jane provides at Nelson Day Surgery and Tasman Day Surgery are:

• Gastroscopy (looking into stomach with an endoscope)
• Colonoscopy (looking into the colon otherwise known as large bowel) with an endoscope – an endoscope is a long flexible tube with a camera on the end that can visualize the lining of the gut. If there are any polyps (an abnormal overgrowth of the lining of the colon that can sometimes lead to bowel cancer) Jane can often remove them at the time.
• Jane offers laparoscopic surgery when appropriate (if not appropriate these will be done using an open approach which means a larger incision) for the following conditions:
  • Inguinal, femoral, and umbilical hernias
  • Gallstone/gallbladder removal

Nelson Day Surgery (132 Collingwood Street)

Tasman Day Surgery (341 Lower Queen St)

Anal fissure, fistula-in-ano, perianal warts, anal skin tags, pilonidal disease, AIN and anal cancer may require surgery which Jane can do at Tasman Day Surgery, Nelson Day Surgery or Manuka Street Hospital.

If a patient doesn’t have insurance they can be referred to the public hospital BUT there are a number of conditions that may not meet the threshold for public hospital treatment.