Our Specialties

Surgery Assistance Specialties

The licensed surgical assistants (LSAs) at Avant First Assistants uphold a high degree of professionalism and have advanced surgery skills in an array of medical specialties. This makes our LSAs a valuable asset to any surgeon.

Our LSAs are specially trained to assist in a variety of medical specialty procedures, including the following:

Neurosurgery

  • Brain bleeding evacuation
  • Brain tumor resection
  • Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
  • Anterior and posterior lumbar fusion
  • Minimally invasive laminectomy / microdiscectomy

Robotics

  • Radical prostatectomy
  • Hysterectomy and salpingectomy
  • Single-port cholecystectomy
  • Hernia repair
  • Sacrocolpopexy

Orthopedics

  • Total hip arthroplasty
  • Total knee arthroplasty
  • Shoulder scope and rotator cuff repair
  • Knee scope and ACL reconstruction
  • Open reduction and internal fixation

Minimally Invasive

  • Arthroscopy
  • Laparoscopy
  • Single-site robotics
  • Spine fusion

OB-GYN

  • Open and laparoscopic hysterectomy
  • Caesarean delivery
  • Laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy
  • Vaginal hysterectomy
  • Myomectomy

Urology

  • Radical prostatectomy
  • Penile prosthesis implant
  • Ileal conduit reconstruction
  • Open and laparoscopic nephrectomy
  • Pyeloplasty

Plastics

  • DIEP flap breast reconstruction
  • Breast augmentation
  • Abdominoplasty
  • Face-lift
  • Brazilian buttocks

General Surgery

  • Laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy
  • Laparoscopic and open appendectomy
  • Laparoscopic hand-assisted colectomy
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Hernia repair with mesh


Are you interested in learning how we can assist with your particular surgical needs? Call Avant First Assistants in Sugar Land, Texas, at (713) 725-9368 to get a complete list of the medical specialty services we can provide.