Office opens for pre-scheduled appointments. Surgery can be intimidating, but at BJC Medical Group Alton Surgery at Edwardsville, the caring providers are committed to putting you at ease. They will provide you with all of the information you need and will help you ask the right questions. Alton Surgery provides general procedures for a wide variety of medical needs. The practice specializes in minimally-invasive surgeries and offers surgeons trained on the daVinci Surgical System, one of the most recent innovations in robotic surgery. No matter the procedure you need, Alton Surgery is available to help you with compassionate and attentive care. Services include, appendectomy, laparoscopic, biopsy of breast, colectomy, excision of breast tumor, excision of skin cancer, fistulectomy or fistulotomy, gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) - laparoscopic and open, hemorrhoidectomy or excision of anal tags, inguinal hernia repair - laparoscopic and open, laparoscopic colectomy, laparoscopic incisional or ventral hernia repair, laparotomy, lumpectomy, lymph node biopsy or excision, mastectomy, open incisional or ventral hernia repair, port placements or replacements, port removal, sentinel node biopsy, splenectomy - open or laparoscopic, thoracentesis, vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) implantation.