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Whether you’re ready for that first child, need a new knee, suffering from chronic pain or experiencing a life-threatening health problem, North Kansas City Hospital can help. An overview of each of our services is provided in this section of our website.

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Asthma Management
  • Metered dose inhaler use
  • Nebulizer use
  • Peak flow meter use
  • Spacer use
Birth Control
  • Barrier methods of birth control
  • Birth control pill
  • Condom application
Diabetes Management
  • Monitor blood glucose
Ear, Nose, and Throat
  • Adenoid removal
  • Ear surgery
  • Ear tube insertion
  • Eardrum repair
  • Emergency airway puncture
  • Laryngoscopy
  • Mastoidectomy
  • Nose surgery
  • Parathyroidectomy
  • Thyroidectomy
  • Tonsillectomy
  • Tracheostomy
First Aid
  • Animal bite - first aid
  • Ankle sprain
  • Bruise healing
  • Choking first aid - adult or child over 1 year
  • Choking first aid - infant under 1 year
  • Convulsions - first aid
  • CPR - adult
  • CPR - child 1 to 8 years old
  • CPR - infant
  • Creating a sling
  • Hand splint
  • Minor burn - first aid
  • Minor cut - first aid
  • Poisonous snakes
  • Recovery position
  • Sewing a wound closed
  • Snakebite (poison) treatment
  • Two person roll
General Surgery
  • Abdominal exploration
  • Achalasia
  • Anal fissure
  • Appendectomy
  • Biliary obstruction
  • Breast lump removal
  • Colon cancer
  • Colon diverticula
  • Colostomy
  • Diagnostic peritoneal lavage
  • Diaphragmatic hernia repair
  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP)
  • Gallbladder removal
  • Gastrectomy
  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • Gastrostomy tube placement
  • GI bleeding
  • Hemorrhoid surgery
  • Hiatal hernia repair
  • Imperforate anus repair
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Inflatable artificial sphincter
  • Inguinal hernia repair
  • Intestinal obstruction repair
  • Laparoscopic surgery
  • Large bowel resection
  • Liver transplant
  • Mastectomy
  • Meckel's diverticulectomy
  • Pancreas transplant
  • Pancreatitis
  • Pelvic laparoscopy
  • Pyloric stenosis
  • Rectal prolapse repair
  • Small bowel resection
  • Spleen removal
Hematology
  • Alpha fetoprotein
  • Complete blood count
  • CSF oligoclonal banding
  • Growth hormone stimulation test
  • White blood cell count
Neurology
  • Craniotomy
  • Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Obstetrics/Gynecology (OB-GYN)
  • Amniocentesis
  • Anterior vaginal wall repair (Surgical treatment of urinary incontinence)
  • Breech
  • C-section
  • Cervical dysplasia
  • Chorionic villus sampling
  • D and C
  • Epidural
  • Episiotomy
  • Hysterectomy
  • Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling
  • Rh incompatibility
  • Tubal ligation
  • Ultrasound
  • Vaginal birth
Ophthalmology
  • Cataract surgery
  • Corneal transplant
  • Eye muscle repair
  • Lasik eye surgery
  • Radial keratotomy for myopia
  • Retinal detachment repair
Orthopedics
  • Anterior cruciate ligament repair
  • Bone fracture repair
  • Bone graft
  • Bone-marrow transplant
  • Bunion removal
  • Carpal tunnel repair
  • Clubfoot repair
  • Hip joint replacement
  • Knee arthroscopy
  • Knee joint replacement
  • Lumbar spinal surgery
  • Microdiskectomy
  • Partial knee replacement
  • Replantation of digits
  • Rotator cuff repair
  • Shoulder separation
  • Spinal fusion
  • Spinal surgery -- cervical
  • Tibial osteotomy
  • Vertebroplasty
Pediatrics
  • Exchange transfusion
  • Gastroschisis repair
  • Intestinal obstruction (pediatric)
  • Leg lengthening
  • Meningocele repair
  • Omphalocele repair
  • Patent ductus arteriosis (PDA)
  • Pectus excavatum repair
  • Umbilical hernia repair
Plastic Surgery
  • Abdominoplasty
  • Blepharoplasty
  • Breast augmentation
  • Breast lift (mastopexy)
  • Breast reconstruction
  • Breast reduction (mammoplasty)
  • Chin augmentation
  • Circumcision
  • Cleft lip repair
  • Craniofacial reconstruction
  • Facelift
  • Forehead lift
  • Hemangioma excision
  • Liposuction
  • Repair of webbed fingers
  • Scar revision
  • Septoplasty
  • Skin graft
  • Skin smoothing surgery
Thoracic Surgery
  • Chest tube insertion
  • Coronary artery balloon angioplasty
  • Heart bypass surgery
  • Heart transplant
  • Heart valve surgery
  • Heart-lung transplant
  • Lung transplant
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pulmonary lobectomy
  • Tracheoesophageal fistula repair
Urology
  • Bladder and urethral repair
  • Hydrocele repair
  • Hypospadias repair
  • Kidney removal
  • Kidney transplant
  • Osmolality urine
  • Patent urachus repair
  • Prostatectomy
  • Testicular torsion repair
  • TURP
  • Vasectomy
Vascular
  • Arterial bypass leg
  • Carotid artery surgery
  • Stroke
  • Venous thrombosis
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