ABOUT US.

Fortunately, multiple technological progress included medicine giving the patients an uncountable benefits that range, from the reduction of pain to aesthetic benefits, with minimum scars in their bodies.

In effect a special team of trained surgeons is required for this kind of procedures.

Photo: Dr. Hector Sagastume – Dr. Roberto Gallardo

We are a team of Surgeons specialized in Minimally Invasive Surgery, always being at the forefront of technology, which led us to Super Specialize in Laparoscopic Mini Surgery.
In Guatemala this kind of surgery is accesible since January 2009, at Sanatorio Nuestra Señora del Pilar; our team has performed more than seven thousand successful laparoscopic procedures since 1990, and two thousand of them with Mini Laparoscopy, which make us leaders at a national and Central American Level.

WHY US?

The Mini Laparoscopy Surgery uses working instruments between 2.0 and 3.5 millimeters, this means that the incisions in the skin no longer need to be sutured, and therefore do not leave scars, as conventional surgery does.

PROCEDURES

Performing procedures like

Performing procedures

  • Cholesystectomy (Extraction of gall bladder)
  • Appendicectomies (Appendix)
  • Diagnosed Laparascopies
  • Inguinal Hernioplasty
  • Epigastric Hernioplasty
  • Incisional Hernioplasty
  • Hiato Esophageal Surgery
  • Obesity Surgery
  • Ovaries and Womb Surgery, among others

BENEFITS

Multiple benefits

Multiple benefits

  • Mini scars (2-3 mm)
    • In many cases invisibles
  • Short hospitalization
  • Without extra charges
  • Covered by medical insurance
  • Without additional risks
  • Less pain
    • ( 50% less than conventional laparsocopy )
  • Low risk of complications

EXPERIENCIA.

Our team has performed more than seven thousand laparoscopic procedures successfully since 1990 and two thousand of them by Mini Laparoscopy, which makes us leaders at the National and Central American levels.

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Photo: Dr- Roberto Gallardo – Dr. Gustavo Carvalho – Dr. Cesar Paz

OUR TEAM.

The team of Minimal Invasive Surgery is constituted by prestigious surgeons, members of the Surgeons Association of Guatemala and Members of the Latin American Association of Endoscopic Surgery lead by

Dr. Roberto Gallardo Díaz
Dr. Roberto Gallardo Díaz Founder

Trajectory as surgeon of more than 25 years. He has a specialization in general surgery, a subspecialization in video endoscopic surgery and a super specialization in mini laparoscopic surgery.
This last one from the prestigious university of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Dr. Hector Sagastume P.
Dr. Hector Sagastume P.Partner

Physician and surgeon of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala with specialty in general surgery. Residency program of I.G.S.S. University of San Carlos of Guatemala.
Specialization in laparoscopic digestive surgery, endoscopic surgery at the University of Chile.

Dr. César Augusto Paz Ortiz
Dr. César Augusto Paz OrtizPartner

Doctor and Surgeon, University of San Carlos de Guatemala, with a Master’s Degree in General Surgery, Residency Program I.G.S.S, Guatemala.
Postgraduate University Studies in Argentina and Mexico. Author and co-author of Medical Publications in International Journals.

Dr. Oscar Alejandro Palma
Dr. Oscar Alejandro PalmaPartner

Doctor and Surgeon, University of San Carlos de Guatemala, with a Master’s Degree in General Surgery, Residency Program I.G.S.S, Guatemala.
Postgraduate University Studies in Argentina and Mexico. Author and co-author of Medical Publications in International Journals.

Dr. Luis José Aragón Yanes
Dr. Luis José Aragón YanesPartner

Doctor and Surgeon from the Francisco Marroquín University with distinction “Cum Laude”, with a Master’s Degree in Medical Sciences with Specialization in General Surgery with distinction “Cum Laude” at Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala and the Guatemalan Institute of Social Security.

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