When you need a medical procedure – or want to feel confident that a loved one is receiving the best care – you can take comfort in knowing that our medical team at Boone Memorial are among the top in their field. Boone Memorial provides the highest-quality care for all your minor medical procedures, including womens' health and surgeries.
Minor Procedures
Dr. Howard W. Lafferty, Jr., D.O.
Kevin Hill, MPAS, PA-C
Our trained family physicians offer the following procedures in their office or procedure suite. This saves patients time, energy and the extra cost of seeing a referred surgeon, gynecologist or dermatologist while maintaining continuity of care with a physician who is thoroughly aware of the patient’s medical history.
MINOR PROCEDURES INCLUDE:
Joint Injections
Including but not limited to:
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Knee
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Shoulders
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Hips
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Trigger finger and trigger point injections
Corticosteroids are most commonly administered but Synvisc is also offered for knee joints. Synvisc is an injection used to treat knee pain caused by osteoarthritis.
Punch Biopsy of the skin
Useful in the work up of:
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Skin Cancers
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Pigmented lesions
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Inflammatory lesions
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Chronic skin disorders such as rashes
Shaving of Lesions
A superficial shave of the skin that removes a thin disk of tissue.
Cryosurgery
A type of surgery that involves the use of extreme cold to destroy abnormal tissues, such as tumors of the skin.
Curettage and Electrodessication
Skin cancer cells are scraped away using a special instrument called a curette and an electric current delivered via a metal tip is used to locally burn away remaining skin cancer cells.
Excisional Surgery
Surgery to remove (excise) skin lesions. It removes the entire skin lesion along with a border (margin) of normal-appearing skin.
Fishhook removal (including other foreign bodies)
Fishhook removal can require minor surgery depending on where and how it lodged and with what type of hook. We also remove other foreign bodies such as metal and glass.
Lipoma excision fatty tumor removal
Epidermoid (sebaceous) cyst excision
Repairs of the skin using Advanced Suturing Techniques as well as Basic Suturing Techniques
V-Y pedicle plasty of a fingertip amputation
Fingertip amputations are common injuries. If a hand surgeon or plastic surgeon is not nearby, a trained family physician can easily perform the required surgery in their office using a local block lidocaine injection for anesthesia of the finger.
Stage 3 Ingrown toenail removal
Stage 3 ingrown toenails are characterized by redness, pain with pressure to the lateral nail fold, drainage and/or infection, granulation tissue growth, lateral nail-fold hypertrophy. This surgical procedure does require training in electrosurgery.
Hemorrhoidectomy for painful thrombosed external hemorrhoids
The key to this procedure is that the tender, thrombosed external hemorrhoids can be surgically removed in the office if the patient presents within the first 72 hours after symptom onset.
WOMENS' HEALTH PROCEDURES INCLUDE:
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Birth control implants including Implanon/Nexplanon and IUD. Insertion and removal is offered.
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Endometrial biopsy, useful in the work up of abnormal uterine bleeding, cancer screening and infertility evaluation.
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Bartholin gland cyst (a painful vulvar cyst) marsupialization or Word catheter placement.

Surgery
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Surgical Services Include:
Minor Procedures
Dermatology:
Dr. Shane Edward Cook, MD
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Removal of skin cancers
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Removal of benign non-malignant skin lesions
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Cyst removal
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Lipoma removal
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Scar revision
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Skin grafts
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Mohs Surgery
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT):
Dr. Charles Crigger
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Diagnosis and Treatment of head and
neck cancers, including skin cancers
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Surgery of the ears, nose, sinuses,
adenoids/tonsils, mouth, throat,
vocal cords, neck, thyroid,
parathyroid(s) and head
Endoscopy:
Dr. Bassam Haffar
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EGD
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Colonoscopy
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Feeding Tube Insertion
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Paracentesis
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Hemorrhoid Banding
General Surgery:
Dr. Jodi Cisco • Dr. David Ranson
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
(Gallbladder)
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Excision of Warts, Moles
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Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
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Breast Biopsy
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Mass Excision
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Cyst Removal
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Laparoscopic Appendectomy
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Incision and Drainage of abscess
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Debridement of Wound
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Colonoscopy
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EGD
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Hemorrhoidectomy
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Pilonidal Cystectomy
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Mastectomy
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Ganglion Cyst Removal
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Diagnostic Laparoscopy
Dr. Howard W. Lafferty
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Joint Injections
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Wart/Mole Removal
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Ganglion Cyst Removal
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Removal of Skin Lesions
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Removal of Toe Nail
Ophthalmology:
Dr. Stephen Cassis • Dr. James Caudill
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Cataract Removal
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Chalazion Removal