Airehead Posted September 17, 2019 Share #1 Posted September 17, 2019 I need one day surgery but it includes being knocked fully out. I have a choice of the surgical center or a hospital. Surgicenter is likely less crazy but hospital will have range of cars if something goes wrong. Which would you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #2 Posted September 18, 2019 The hospital did a good job of reviving me when I coded. I suppose the surgical center has some sort of trauma team too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Popular Post Share #3 Posted September 18, 2019 Surgical center hands down. There are more infections and screw ups in hospitals than surgical centers. Hospitals generate more profit the longer they keep you. Surgical centers profits are on volume; get em in and out. You’ll recover better in your own bed. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted September 18, 2019 Share #4 Posted September 18, 2019 What time do you want me there? I like vending machine food so I'm ok with whatever you decide. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted September 18, 2019 Share #5 Posted September 18, 2019 I would do the Surgical Center. It's all they do. I wouldn't worry about the range of cars. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #6 Posted September 18, 2019 Hmm - tough choice. I can see both sides of the issue. Hank. :D 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted September 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, Road Runner said: I would do the Surgical Center. It's all they do. I wouldn't worry about the range of cars. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ralphie ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Popular Post Share #8 Posted September 18, 2019 Just now, Airehead said: Oops. Don;t worry, the surgical center will have a nice range of cars too, from Mercedes through Jaguars. :D 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted September 18, 2019 Share #9 Posted September 18, 2019 33 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: What time do you want me there? I like vending machine food so I'm ok with whatever you decide. Cheese wants to give you a sponge bath, I fear, in exchange for the grape pie that Kirby will never give. It is like she hates us all sometimes. It is a fair trade. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #10 Posted September 18, 2019 I would probably opt for the hospital, but actually I would have no choice if I had it done at home. Plus, I have been home the same day after surgery in our hospital. Reading the opinions of others, I can see the benefit of surgery centers, but have never had that as an option. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted September 18, 2019 Share #11 Posted September 18, 2019 My shoulder replacement was done at a surgicenter. Went in a 6:30 am, they sent me home at 11:30 am. Was completely under. That 5 hours cost $97,000.00, not including the surgeon’s and anesthesiologist’s fees. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 18, 2019 Share #12 Posted September 18, 2019 Depends on which one has the hotter nurses. Seriously, I find the staff at surgical centers to be more "seasoned". The jobs are harder to get. They are typically M-F with no call or weekends. Those are the coveted nursing jobs, and you have to have some seniority to get them. Newer nurses that still have to pay their dues work at hospitals. For this reason alone I always would choose the surgical center. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #13 Posted September 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Parr8hed said: Depends on which one has the hotter nurses. Seriously, I find the staff at surgical centers to be more "seasoned". The jobs are harder to get. They are typically M-F with no call or weekends. Those are the coveted nursing jobs, and you have to have some seniority to get them. Newer nurses that still have to pay their dues work at hospitals. For this reason alone I always would choose the surgical center. Confused, for the 'hot' or 'seasoned' nurses? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted September 18, 2019 Share #14 Posted September 18, 2019 I've spent more than enough time with Fin at hospitals, so surgical center. Of course the surgical center we've used the most is in the hospital, so now I am confused. Yeah, the hospital we use is really confusing, they have a surgical center across the road for out patient, but the pediatric outpatient surgical center is in the hospital. The entire place confuses me no matter how much time I've spent up there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted September 18, 2019 Share #15 Posted September 18, 2019 29 minutes ago, sheep_herder said: Confused, for the 'hot' or 'seasoned' nurses? always hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #16 Posted September 18, 2019 The only surgery center we have locally was built by Jim Winner (the inventor of “The Club”). It’s out in the boonies making it difficult if things go wrong to get the patient to a hospital. It looks like a nice place, nice landscaping and modern building. I haven’t heard anything good or bad about it. I pass it on my way to the lake to kayak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #17 Posted September 18, 2019 I've had some mixed feelings about surgical centers and the manner in which they bill my insurance for their profit. I feel more like I'm dealing with a used car salesman when I go to a surgical center. This is not to say that Hospitals aren't robbing me but they are up front about it with $10 asprin. They don't attempt to charge $2500 for a "surgical appliance" that I purchased a second of on Amazon for $15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #18 Posted September 18, 2019 12 hours ago, Airehead said: Oops. Well, at either place, you won't hear your surgeon say that. Surgical center. Fersur. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #19 Posted September 18, 2019 I think of things like Joan Rivers, where when things go pear shaped, there is plenty of help on site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted September 18, 2019 Share #20 Posted September 18, 2019 If the surgical center has the surgeon's hand-picked team that works well with him, that would be a plus. If it wasn't a one-day deal, the hospital would be my preference. Both my shoulders and my sinus were operated on in surgical centers under anesthesia and I felt as assured there as I did with the cervical vertibrae and Achilles tendon surgeries I had in hospitals - the cervical vertibrae operation to relieve a pinched nerve required that I stay in the hospital a week to insure there were no problems in that sensitive area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted September 18, 2019 Share #21 Posted September 18, 2019 I've never had surgery in either, so I'm probably just guessing. But I would try to go to the place that I think does the "most" of this type of procedure. If it were a more cutting edge surgery and a major city hospital had more experience, I'd go there. My Dad went to Columbia for heart surgery and Special Surgery for hip surgery. But for a more routine surgery that the is a focus of the surgery center , I might think that is preferable. I'd probably ask my GP what she'd recommend for her family and try to make sure whichever I chose has a lot of experience with the procedure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted September 18, 2019 Share #22 Posted September 18, 2019 All mine were at surgery centers. A lot of the same doctors that cut at hospitals without the crowds and infectious diseases. In and out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted September 18, 2019 Share #23 Posted September 18, 2019 All my vasectomies were at hospitals. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted September 18, 2019 Share #24 Posted September 18, 2019 I got one of those back alley vasectomies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted September 19, 2019 Share #25 Posted September 19, 2019 We have a drive thru, stuck the moon out the window, went home hemroid free 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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