Jennifer Wilson, Public Relations Manager · November 13, 2013
West Columbia, S.C. – Lexington Medical Center is pleased to introduce Same Day/Next Day Surgery. This first-in-the-Midlands program gives patients a convenient option for surgical treatment. Consultations are scheduled daily with procedures performed that afternoon or the next morning at Lexington Medical Center or the hospital’s Outpatient Surgery Center in Irmo.
Same Day/Next Day Surgery includes procedures for melanoma, superficial wounds, soft tissue tumors, diagnostic procedures for muscle, temporal arteries and oncology, vascular port placement, and surgeries for gallbladders, hernias, breast cancer and anorectal conditions. Other procedures may also be available in Same Day/Next Day Surgery. Patients can talk about that with their doctor.
The Same Day/Next Day Surgery program is part of Southern Surgical Group, a Lexington Medical Center physician practice. For more than 30 years, Southern Surgical Group has specialized in addressing patients’ needs by combining comprehensive surgical services with compassionate care. Now,
Drs. Raymond S. Fryrear II, Nicholas A. Limperos, and Ronald G. Myatich are offering Same Day/Next Day surgeries to continue to enhance patient care.
Same Day/Next Day Surgery offers many advantages to patients including lower overall costs, minimal wait time until surgery and less time away from work or family time in some cases.
“Same Day/Next Day Surgery keeps a patient’s time, expenses and care at the forefront,” said Dr. Fryrear. “Importantly, patients with a possible cancer diagnosis may no longer have to wait to be scheduled for a surgical procedure.”
For more information on Same Day/Next Day Surgery, visit Southern Surgical Group’s website at www.southernsurgical.com. Or, call 803-936-8901. Southern Surgical Group is located on the Lexington Medical Center campus inside Lexington Medical Park 2 at 146 N. Hospital Drive, Suite 310, in West Columbia.
Lexington Medical Center is a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 8,000 health care professionals. The hospital is ranked best hospital in the Columbia Metro and #2 hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina” by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group. Lexington Medical Cancer Center is an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence and has a clinical research and education affiliation with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE Center. The network also has an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and more than 70 physician practices. Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 100,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 4,000 babies each year and performs more than 25,000 surgeries. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.
