Surgical Center

Welcome to the Santiam Surgery Center located on the first floor of the patient tower at Santiam Hospital. Today, your teams of highly qualified medical professionals and staff offer top-of-the-line care within the hospital’s facilities. State-of-the-art technology and same-day surgery suites located in house of the Santiam Surgery Center. Your surgical team is committed to providing a broad scope of inpatient and outpatient surgical services within the defined capability of the hospital, ranging from minor injury and illness to severe, life-threatening events.

Santiam Hospital’s team of skilled surgeons, board-certified anesthesiologists, and exceptional nursing staff work together to provide patients with the highest level of specialized medical care unique to a small community.

Surgical Services Include:

General surgery including inter abdominal surgery (i.e. hernia, gall bladder, colon, appendix)
Breast biopsy and surgery
Thyroid surgery
Vascular surgery
Orthopedic surgery
Gynecological and obstetrical surgery
Urology surgery
Ear, Nose and Throat surgery

For questions about inpatient or outpatient services in our surgery center in Stayton, OR; please contact
Clark Yoder at 503.769.9322.

Surgical Care

The Santiam Hospital Surgery Department is committed to providing a broad scope of inpatient and outpatient surgical services within the defined capability of the hospital, ranging from minor injury and illness to severe, life-threatening events.

Santiam Hospital’s teams of skilled surgeons, board-certified anesthesiologists and excellent nursing staff work together to provide patients with the highest level of care. Working together, medical staff provide the specialized medical care found in large hospitals with the personalized care unique to a small community.

How do I prepare for surgery?

Read the information that you were given from your doctor.
Follow your doctor instructions about your medications.
Depending on the surgical procedure a medical preparation list will be provided to you.
Bring your driver’s license, list of medications, insurance.
Dress in comfortable clothes.
Make car arrangements. You may need someone to drive you home.

What happens here?

This is where the final preparation for surgery is provided. The IV fluids are started and home medications are checked and updated. The patient is transported to the operating room for surgery, which is conveniently located in the Santiam Surgery Center on the first floor of the Hospital. After surgery, the patient returns to his or her private unit while pain and nausea is monitored. Home care instruction is provided to the patient.

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit "PACU"

The Recovery Room or Post-Anesthesia Care unit, referred to as the PACU, is where patients are transported from their operating room, under the supervision of their Anesthesiologist and specially trained RN’s and CNA’s. Here, pain and nausea are managed once the patient wakes up from anesthesia. Open airways and breathing are observed and documented. Fluids, medications, and warming blankets are given as needed. When the patient meets all of the recovery benchmarks, he or she is transferred back to the Same Day Surgical Care Unit or to a private patient room within the Hospital.

Types of Surgery

The Santiam Hospital Surgery Center is committed to providing a broad scope of inpatient and outpatient surgical services, ranging from minor injury to severe life-threatening events.

For questions about inpatient or outpatient services in our surgery center in Stayton, OR; please contact
Clark Yoder at 503.769.9322

Breast Surgery including biopsy, lumpectomy and mastectomy
Bronchoscopy
Colonoscopy and Endoscopy
Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
General Surgery including intra-abdominal surgery (Appendectomy, Hernia, Small Intestine, Colon, Gall Bladder, Hemorrhoid etc.)
Hand Surgery
Inpatient Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Obstetrical & Gynecological Surgery
Ophthalmologic Surgery-Cataracts
Orthopedic Surgery – Including Total Joint Replacements & Arthroscopic Techniques
Outpatient Surgery
Podiatry Surgery
Thyroid Surgery
Vascular Surgery- Temporal Artery Biopsy

Surgical Equipment

Our Operating Rooms (ORs) are larger than standard ORs and equipped with the latest technology, enabling our medical team to provide the best care possible.

Equipment Rooms

Large booms are mounted to the ceiling keeping equipment off the floor and are more conducive for the surgical team to access. This offers a safer working environment that is easier to clean.

Operating Lights

Cutting edge colored LED lights blend to provide our surgeons with unparalleled viewing clarity for efficient and safe procedures. These advanced surgical lights deliver the industries’s top intensity while using the least amount of power.

Laminar Flow

State-of-the-art laminar flow “air curtains” create a sterile field over the operating area. While microbiologically clean air flows over the patient from above, outside contaminants are swept away through special wall vents.

High-Def Monitors

High definition monitors allow the Surgeons to view laparoscopic surgeries more clearly. The medical team can also view both old and new x-rays on the monitors while viewing current images from cameras inside the body.

Doctors

Allyson Sterling, DO

Christian Spencer, MS, PA-C

James P. Nealon, MD, FACS

Robert McGreevy, MD, FACS

About

Santiam Hospital is a not-for-profit, 40 bed acute-care hospital located in Stayton, Oregon, which is a short 12-mile drive east of Salem, and serves more than 30,000 people annually from the communities of Stayton, Sublimity, Aumsville, Mill City, Jefferson, and the surrounding areas.

Contact

customerservice@santiamhospital.org

503.769.2175

1401 North 10th Ave.
Stayton, OR 97383

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