Surgical Services at Sutter Tracy

When your doctor prescribes surgery for you or a loved one, you know that you are going to want the best: the best surgeon, assisted by the best surgical team, operating with the latest and best surgical equipment in the safety of a hospital-based setting. You have a choice when it comes to choosing your surgeon, and you also have a choice as to where that surgery is performed.

Because You Deserve the Best

Sutter Tracy Community Hospital is home to one of the area’s most technologically advanced surgical units. Whether your surgery is planned as an outpatient procedure or is a more complex surgery involving an inpatient hospital stay, you and your surgeon will have the support and expertise of our surgical team. That surgical team consists of specially trained surgical nurses and support staff, as well as Board Certified Anesthesiologists, all of whom work alongside your surgeon to insure your safety and to help assure excellent surgical outcomes.

Keeping Pace with Advancing Technology

Surgeries today are much different than they were even 10 years ago. Access to new technologies and advanced techniques means that many procedures that once required lengthy hospital stays and recovery periods can now be achieved on an outpatient basis with faster and less painful recoveries. Patients can go home the same day as their surgery and return to their normal activities more quickly, often within a matter of days.

Sutter Tracy Surgical Services is at the leading edge of this revolution, serving more than 7,500 patients a year. Our state-of-the-art, 10,000-square foot facility is home to a medical team that has training and experience equaling that of any big city surgical staff.

The four operating suites have recently been remodeled and boast the latest in high tech equipment. This gives our highly skilled physicians the advanced tools that they need to perform orthopedic, gynecological, gastrointestinal and other surgeries here at Sutter Tracy with the same precision, safety, and comfort that you would find at any major metropolitan medical center.

Safety, Comfort, and Convenience

The fact that our surgical services are hospital-based ensures a level of patient safety that would be unavailable at freestanding outpatient surgery centers. Being connected to the hospital provides greater patient safety in the event of unforeseen complications, and Sutter Tracy also offers physical therapy and many other services patients may need following their surgery to enhance their recovery.

Our surgical services features 12 new outpatient rooms, a two-room gastrointestinal (GI) suite and a dedicated pediatric patient room. Our spacious private recovery areas reduce noise and provide patients with a greater level of privacy. A large, comfortable waiting area includes a separate section for children complete with children’s movies, toys and games.

Our Surgeons Demand the Best

The driving force behind our continual upgrades of equipment and facilities is the excellent surgeons who practice here at Sutter Tracy. Many are at the forefront of their field and choose Sutter Tracy for its sophisticated technology and outstanding support staff, as well as the enhanced quality of life that living in a smaller community provides.

A number of these physicians are trained in sophisticated surgical procedures and minimally invasive techniques that result in less pain and quicker recovery times than traditional surgical methods performed elsewhere. Several of the advanced procedures available at Sutter Tracy include:

• Bladder control procedures, including pelvic floor reconstruction and the Medtronic InterStim® Therapy device that regulates urinary function
• Brachytherapy, a minimally invasive treatment for prostate cancer
• Endoscopic decompression and nucleoplasty to help relieve agonizing pain caused by herniated discs
• Laparoscopic hysterectomy, the most advanced type of hysterectomy available
• Lithotripsy, an ultrasound treatment to break up bladder or kidney stones so they can be easily passed from the body
• Uterine balloon therapy to treat the lining of the uterus to control heavy menstrual cycles

We’re also proud of our high marks for patient care and satisfaction. In 2006, Sutter Tracy outpatient satisfaction results ranked in the top 10 percent across California and the nation.

Quality. Safety. Compassion. This is why Sutter Tracy has earned the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations’ (JCAHO) coveted seal of approval in recognition of our high level of quality care and patient safety.

Doctors Know Best

At Sutter Tracy Community Hospital we are understandably proud of our surgical facilities, our investment in state-of-the-art surgical equipment, our tremendous patient satisfaction results, and our highly trained and compassionate surgical staff. But don’t take our word for it. Ask the physicians who choose to practice their life-saving and life-enhancing art at Sutter Tracy.

"Surgical procedures and equipment are constantly evolving and I appreciate that Sutter Tracy is committed to providing our surgical staff the very latest and best equipment. No red tape, no committees. If I need something to help my patients, I ask for it and I have it pretty quickly."

– Dr. D. Nguyen
General Surgery

"The nurses at Sutter Tracy are the best. They help reduce patient anxiety by helping them understand what is going to happen during their procedure and what to expect afterward. They are committed to patient comfort and safety and I am proud to have them on my team.”

– Dr. R. Beniwal
Gastroenterology

“Even after 25 years as a surgeon I can only be as good as my surgical team. The nurses, technicians, and Anesthesiologists that I work with at Sutter Tracy are the best – as good or better than those at the big university hospitals. And they truly care about each and every patient.”

– Dr. K. Sidhu
Orthopedic Surgery

You Have A Choice

At Sutter Tracy, we continue to add new physicians and surgeons to our medical staff and to provide new services to meet the growing needs of our community. You have a choice as to where you’d like to have your surgery. Talk to your physician about scheduling your surgery at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital or call us directly at 209-835-1500.