Surgical Services

How Do I Prepare The Day Of My Surgery?

• Wear comfortable, loose fitting clothes.
• Leave all jewelry, money and other valuables at home or with your family.
• Bring appropriate storage for personal items such as dentures, contact lenses, hearing aids, and prostheses. We will label these items and keep them in a safe place during your procedure.
• Arrange for someone to pick you up after surgery. Due to the effects of anesthesia, you will be unable to drive yourself home.
• We make every effort to begin your procedure at the scheduled time. However, emergency cases can affect the surgery schedule. We recommend that you bring a book or magazine to read just in case an emergency surgery creates a delay in your procedure.
   

What Is A Minimally Invasive Procedure?

Thanks to breakthroughs in medical technology, many surgical procedures that once involved major operations can now be performed through tiny incisions and instruments guided by sophisticated, miniature cameras. As a result, patients heal faster, can return more quickly to their normal activities, and experience much less scarring.

Some of our surgery suites are specifically designed for these procedures. The high-tech equipment includes computerized touch-screen controls for easy adjustments to lighting levels and positioning of cameras and plasma-screen monitors.
 

What Is da Vinci Surgery?

Using the da Vinci Surgical System, surgeons operate through just a few small cuts (incisions). The da Vinci System features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system and tiny wristed instruments that bend and rotate far greater than the human wrist. As a result, da Vinci enables your surgeon to operate with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control. Since 2000, over 2 million patients have had minimally invasive da Vinci Surgery worldwide.

• Hysterectomy: If you have been diagnosed with endometriosis, fibroids, heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic prolapse or gynecologic cancer, your doctor may recommend a hysterectomy. 
• Prostatectomy: If your doctor recommends prostate cancer surgery, you may be a candidate for da Vinci Surgery. Using the da Vinci System, your surgeon makes a few small incisions – similar to traditional laparoscopy.
• Cholecystectomy: With da Vinci Single-Site Surgery, doctors remove your gallbladder using state-of-the-art precision instruments.
   

Gynecologic Surgery

Women in West Monroe know that when surgery is a possibility, there’s no better place to be than Glenwood Regional Medical Center. Our dedicated team of women’s healthcare specialists and gynecologic surgeons are able to treat many women’s health conditions using the state-of-the-art da Vinci Surgical System.

• Uterine Prolapse & Hysterectomy
• Uterine Fibroid Removal
• Cervical and Uterine Cancers
• Endometriosis & Adhesions
• Menorrhagia (excessive bleeding)
• Cyst Removal
• Urinary Incontinence
   

What Is A Hybrid OR?

The Hybrid OR Surgical Suite is the most innovative approach to vascular and heart care available in our region. This unique operating room blends the technologies of advanced surgical approaches with crisp, high-tech imaging services. The Hybrid OR is a cardiovascular catheterization lab with immediate surgical capabilities, designed to enable cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons to work side by side in the same room, at the same time, in the best interest of their patients.

Referral Required A physician referral is required for Surgical Services services.