Surgery and Outpatient Center

For more about surgery at Buffalo Hospital e-mail us or call 763-684-7777.

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Buffalo Hospital's Surgery and Outpatient Center brings expert care and comfort closer to home.

Our experienced staff provides a wide-range of surgical care, including outpatient surgeries and more extensive surgeries requiring an overnight stay at the hospital. We also care for patients needing outpatient procedures including GI endoscopy and IV therapies.

More than 3,300 surgical procedures are performed each year at Buffalo Hospital. Our four operating rooms are equipped with the latest surgical technology, offering patients the confidence and comfort they need when facing a surgical procedure.

A broad array of highly skilled surgical specialists are on staff at Buffalo Hospital, most of who also operate at the major medical centers in the Twin Cities and St. Cloud.

Surgical specialties include:

• general surgery
• obstetrics/gynecology
• orthopedics
• ophthalmology (Phillips Eye Institute)
• otolaryngology (ENT)
• podiatry
• urology

Anesthesiologists work with nurse anesthetists to ensure all surgery patients’ pain management and level of consciousness are ideal for a safe and successful surgery.

Comfort and convenience

The Surgery and Outpatient Center is filled with natural light and provides a single, streamlined space dedicated to surgical and outpatient care. The Surgery Center has it’s own entrance with free parking nearby. Other features include:

• Convenient check-in
• 18 private, comfortable patient rooms
• Comfortable waiting areas for patients and families that includes free wireless internet access, coffee, television and a child’s play area

Information

For more information about Buffalo Hospital Surgery and Outpatient Center, call 763-684-7777.

What You Need to Know About Surgery

This manual can help ease your mind about having an operation by letting you know what to expect before surgery and after surgery.