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What is In Office Surgery?

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Lakeland OB/GYN provides several minor surgeries in our office thus avoiding the need for hospitalization. This saves you time, costs, and the need for general anesthetic. You receive your procedure in the comfort of our office that is already familiar and convenient to you. The procedures we do in the office are minor, done under local anesthetic and mild oral sedation. These procedures include Essure Tubal ligation technique, endometrial ablations and hysteroscopies.
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Q: Is the surgery performed in the office? Where is the surgery performed?

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No, this procedure in not done in our office. Dr. Paley performs all his surgeries at Brotman Medical Center.
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After I am approved for surgery by your office, when will surgery be scheduled?

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If you are an insurance patient, your surgery and pre-operative appointments will be scheduled once we receive an authorization and/or benefit verification from your insurance company. This authorization process can take up to six weeks. If you are a cash patient, the Program Administrator will contact you to schedule the surgery within a week of your consultation. The actual surgery date will be at least two weeks from your first visit to our clinic.
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Is it safer to have surgery at a hospital than an office surgery center?

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No, for healthy patients, there is no difference in outcome for procedures performed in an outpatient center versus a hospital. Patients who are morbidly obese or those who have serious medical problems will be operated on at a local hospital should any problems arise related to their specific health issues.
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Is surgery in a hospital safer than an office outpatient facility?

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For most procedures, cosmetic surgery can safely be performed in the office setting if the surgeon is board certified and the facility is accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF). [Dr. Hamori and her surgical center meet both these requirements.] Patients often prefer the individual attention and specialized setting of my newly installed, state-of-the-art surgery center.
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Who needs to register with the Office Surgery Registration Program?

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Every Florida licensed physician who holds an active Florida license and performs Level II surgical procedures in Florida with a maximum planned duration of five (5) minutes or longer or any Level III office surgery, as fully defined in 64B8-9.009, shall register with the Board of Medicine.
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What do I do if I have a problem after surgery and your office is closed?

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We are always on call, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We can make arrangements to open the office if necessary or we can see you in the Emergency Room. Don't ever worry about bothering us; we would much rather have patients contact us if there is a problem.
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Where will my surgery be?

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We work hard to choose an accredited location for your surgery to maximize your comfort and convenience, always keeping your safety as the highest priority.
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After surgery there is sometimes mild discomfort which can be relieved by Tylenol. You will be asked to use ice cold compresses on the eyelids for the day of surgery and the day after.
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Insurance companies oftentimes will cover the majority of the surgery costs. Call your insurance company to find out your individual plan benefits since each plan is different. The majority of foot and ankle surgery can be done as an outpatient.
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Where will this surgery be done?

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Surgery will be done either at the Anne Arundel Medical Center's outpatient facility on Jennifer Road, near the Annapolis mall or at the Anne Arundel General Hospital which is in downtown Annapolis.
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What are the different levels of office surgery?

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Minor procedures such as excision of skin lesions, moles, warts, cysts, lipomas and repair of lacerations or surgery limited to the skin and subcutaneous tissue performed under topical or local anesthesia not involving drug-induced alteration of consciousness other than minimal pre-operative tranquilization of the patient.
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What is Office-Based Surgery?

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Any surgical or other invasive procedure performed outside of a hospital, diagnostic and treatment center or other Article 28 facility in which moderate sedation or deep sedation or general anesthesia is utilized to provide comfort to the patient in order to perform the procedure. Only one surgical procedure is specifically included in the definition of OBS – liposuction of greater than 500cc's of fat. See also "Sedation" below.
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What about office visits after my surgery?

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We offer FREE postoperative care, even past the global period, for all of our patients. After you have undergone surgery with the Hernia Center of Southern California, we will immediately schedule a follow-up appointment for you, as close to one week after your surgery as possible. We pride ourselves on attentive patient care and want to do the most we can to make sure you are back to your regular, everyday activities as soon and as safely and comfortably as possible.
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Q Do you perform LASIK surgery at your office?

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A We do not perform the actual surgical procedure here. We do, however, work very closely with several highly experienced surgeons in the Los Angeles area, and can provide pre-operative and post-operative care to our patients right here at our office. This provides a level of convenience and personalized care that gives our patients the peace-of-mind and confidence that they are receiving the best care possible.
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Where Is Your Office?

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My office is in 206 Chapman-it can be tricky to find, as it's tucked away at the back of the main floor of Chapman, in an alcove to the right of the big classroom in 207. It says "Prof. Mitchell" on the door. The door is usually shut because the hallway is very noisy, not to warn you away.
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What is a cavitation? Does your office perform cavitational surgery?

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Cavitation is a frequently used term for a NICO lesion, which stands for neuralgia-inducing cavitational osteonecrosis. The textbook, “Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology,” by Neville, Damm, Allen and Bouquot, defines it as a necrotic lesion in the jawbone, which is usually associated with facial pain. While the cause is unproven, it is thought that such a lesion may form at the base of an infected tooth or in an extraction site that didn’t fully heal.
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What about having the surgery in a doctor's office instead of a hospital?

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There are a number of possible locations at which this type of surgery is performed. Many types are suitable. However, Dr. Grossman uses exclusively his operating suites at the Rose Medical Center Ambulatory Surgery Center in Denver or a fully licensed, accredited outpatient facility when at his Beverly Hills location.
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Is surgery in your office like having wisdom teeth taken out?

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Periodontal surgeries are generally done just around the teeth vs. deep into the jaw bone. As a result, the surgery area is more superficial rather than deep in the bone and the discomfort is less.
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I'm having surgery in my doctor's office. Is this appropriate?

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A.The board has endorsed guidelines adopted by the Massachusetts Medical Society regarding office based surgery. The guidelines establish three levels of anesthesia required for a procedure, and what type of facility, medical personnel and emergency equipment and protocols must be present whenever each type of anesthesia is going to be used. The guidelines may be found here.
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Is the AquaFlow surgery performed in the doctorâ??s office or a hospital?

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This glaucoma surgical eye correction must be performed in a surgical suite, which means your surgery will take place in a hospital outpatient surgery area or an ambulatory surgical center.
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What are your office hours? Where is your office located?

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The Off-Campus Housing Office is open Monday through Friday, 10AM-5PM. We are located at 4 Washington Square Village, on the corner of Mercer and Bleecker, across from Coles Sports Center.
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What is bariatric surgery?

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A rubber band is placed around the stomach, creating a small pouch and a narrow passage into the rest of the stomach. The band is inflated and can be adjusted. Advantages: easier to perform, reversible. Disadvantages: less likely to maintain weight loss than with other surgeries A small stomach pouch is created to restrict food intake. A Y-shape section of the small intestine is attached to the pouch to allow food to bypass the lower stomach.
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