Surgery

From general surgery, endoscopy, and laparoscopy to gynecological procedures, including C-sections, you can rely on trusted names and gifted hands to care for you and your loved ones.

All of these excellent physicians work with highly skilled nurse anesthetists and a surgical support staff that boasts decades of combined experience.

Outpatient Procedures

Outpatient surgery is available Monday-Friday at Carnswell Medical Center. Patients receive personal pre- and post-operative care from skilled, compassionate staff in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, adjacent to the surgery suite.

Anesthesia

Pain control is essential to a successful surgical procedure. As always, patient safety and comfort are our priorities. Our comprehensive anesthesia care starts with a personal consultation with experienced anesthesiologists via telephone the day before surgical procedures and continues through recovery.

Types of Anesthesia

When you need to have surgery, it can create a lot of anxiety. One thing that can help is information. Asking the right questions can help make your procedure more successful.

General anesthesia is common for many surgical procedures and is administered by injection or inhalation or a combination of both. Patients experience induction, usually through injection, which causes the sleep state. Then anesthesia continues through inhaled gasses and IV drugs.

Regional anesthesia is provided for a number of procedures as well as childbirth. While patients remain conscious with regional anesthesia, there may be little memory of the procedure.

Local anesthesia numbs an area directly an dis ideal for minor surgery and stitches. Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal anesthesia are administered through injection in the lower back and affect the lower extremities, as in childbirth.

Nerve blocks may also be given to numb a single nerve or a group of nerves.