Tallgrass surgeons are leaders in introducing and utilizing the latest surgical technologies. In Topeka, Tallgrass Prairie Surgical specialists performed:

• The first sphincter preserving total colectomy
• The first laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• The first laparoscopic splenectomy
• The first laparoscopic adrenalectomy
• The first laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication
• The first laparoscopic sigmoid colon resection
• The first laparoscopic subtotal colectomy
• The first laparoscopic hepatic resection
• The first laparoscopic bariatric gastric bypass
• Intestinal surgery on the smallest birth weight premature infant to survive in Kansas
• The first extended right and extended left hepatectomies
• The first resection of cholangiocarcinoma of the confluence of the hepatic ducts
• The first segment III hepatic bypass
• The first limb salvage arterial bypass surgery to the level of the ankle and foot

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