McPherson Hospital Surgical Services
Modern medicine is continually shortening the recovery time
for patients. Many surgical procedures today have become less
invasive and state-of-the-art equipment has reduced lengths
of hospital visits to hours instead of days. McPherson Hospital
has evolved with this trend in medicine by creating the Ambulatory
Surgery Center to facilitate outpatient care. The ambulatory
center increases continuity of care and prevents unnecessary
delays for outpatients by providing dedicated staff to assist
with pre-operative and post-operative care and patient education.
The surgical department maintains three operating suites and a procedures
room to handle a comprehensive range of general, otolaryngology
and other surgical procedures. Two full-time general surgeons are on the active staff at the hospital. Urology, ophthalmology,
podiatry, gynecology, orthopedic and dental specialty surgical
services are also provided.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists provide anesthesia
to patients and specially certified registered nurses and
scrub technicians assist in surgical care. The staff is on
call 24 hours a day to assist with emergent procedures as
needed.
Procedures commonly performed by general surgeons at McPherson Hospital include:
Endoscopy (upper endoscopy and colonoscopy)
Cholecystectomy (removal of the gall bladder)
Hernia repair
Appendectomy
Thyroid
Cancer operations (including malignancy involving colon, small intestine, breast, skin and other organs)
Endocrine surgery (benign and malignant disease involving the thyroid, parathyroid glands, adrenal glands and pancreas)
Trauma surgery
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