Minor Surgical Procedures in Bridge Medical Practice

Skin biopsy

Skin biopsy can be used to help in making the correct diagnosis is some persisting or unusual skin conditions.

Ingrown Toenail Removal

An ingrown toenail can cause inflammation and soft tissue infection in the affected toe.
While treating soft tissue infections, surgical excision of the ingrown toenail is often required to prevent recurring infections.

Venesection

This is the treatment required for management of haemochromatosis. It is a condition, which leads to accumulation of iron.

Cryotherapy

This involves using liquid nitrogen to treat a variety of skin conditions example: warts/verruca, solar keratosis and some types of skin cancer.

Joint injection

Joint injection is a steroid injection to treat sore joints and muscles, treating both pain and inflammation.

Trigger point Injection

Trigger point injection is a procedure used to treat painful areas of muscle that contain trigger points, or knots of muscle that form when muscles do not relax. Many times, such knots can be felt under the skin. Trigger points may irritate the nerves around them and cause referred pain, or pain that is felt in another part of the body.

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By Phone: to book a GP/ Nurse appointment please phone on 0214372663
By Email: info@bridgemedicalpractice.ie (only for all non-urgent appointments)