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Stand Alone Surgery Centers Stand Out

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Channel: Lee Health · 2015 · Science & Technology

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A growing number of people are bypassing the hospital for their operation, instead choosing the convenience of a stand-alone surgery center.

“They bring them in to the pre-operative area which is where we are right now,” says Scott Anderson. 
Anderson is an operating room nurse at Lee Memorial Health System’s Outpatient Surgery Center.
“We have four actual operating rooms and then we have two special procedure rooms which we use for doing colonoscopies, endoscopies, or pain management procedures,” says Anderson.  
With cutting edge equipment, surgeons and staff, freestanding centers eliminate hospital hurdles. With no emergency room, there is less chance for delay; making it a perfect fit for Dr. Dennis Sagini’s orthopedic hand and shoulder patients.
“The infection rates are lower and the patient satisfaction is higher. And so this really lends itself to relatively healthy patients who need to have a relatively routine procedure performed,” says Dr. Dennis Sagini, who is an orthopedic surgeon on medical staff of Lee Memorial Health System. 
In just five years this center reached a milestone of 15,000 procedures, a testament to growing demand and a rise in the number of surgeries that can be performed as an outpatient.

“Because of the issue of pain management we’re able to do things on an outpatient basis that we weren’t able to before. The anesthesiologist can put a numbing block that can last sixteen to 24 hours. And that can get you home and get you comfortable,” says Dr. Sagini. 

Traditional surgeries are also performed using smaller approaches, which are less traumatic to the body.

“We do laparoscopic appendectomies, we do a lot of laparoscopic gallbladder repairs, and we also do laparoscopic hernia repairs,” says Anderson. 
All reasons that make stand alone surgery centers stand out. 

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