The Ambulatory Surgery Department offers the following surgical services to all surgery departments in the Sheba Medical Center's general and rehabilitation hospitals: Oncology Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Hand Surgery, Orthopedic Foot Surgery, Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Plastic Surgery, ENT Surgery, etc. We perform surgery under general and local anesthesia in nine modern operating theaters equipped with top line operating equipment. All of our operating room staff is senior level surgeons and anesthesiologists from our surgery and anesthesiology departments.
Our goal is to offer our patients the highest quality surgery available, with the option of recuperation in what is always the most preferable setting-- their own home.
Our department is designed like all standard operating complexes, with post-operational recuperation rooms where a patient remains under the capable supervision of the department's physicians and nurses.
Patients destined to undergo surgical procedures under general anesthesia are invited one day prior to their scheduled surgery to receive instruction from the staff. Post surgery patients are invited for follow up at the Surgery Outpatient Clinic. For emergency treatment and counseling required after surgery, patients can contact the department by phone or speak with the department on duty's physician. If the surgeon deems it necessary, a patient may be hospitalized in one of the surgical wards.
Some of the surgical procedures performed in our department are as follows: Hernia procedures (performed under local or general anesthesia on the basis of medical considerations), Arteriovenous Fistula for dialysis patients, various laparoscopic procedures, resection of Varicosis, biopsies from various body organs (including breasts), implantation of medical devices and placement of IV central lines for treating Oncology patients, and for long-term antibiotic dose treatment, insertion and removal of all kinds of orthopedic devices, dermatological procedures and biopsies, Plastic Surgery, Spinal Surgery, finger and thumb Amputation, various ENT surgical procedures, Urological Surgery, sperm harvesting for paralyzed patients and patient with spine injuries for debridement, Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Colonoscopy under general anesthesia, Foot Surgery, etc.
| Department at a Glance |
| Number of Operations per Year - 6000 |
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Director - Dr. Haim Berkenstadt
Haim Berkenstadt is the Director of medical affairs at MSR. He is also the Director of the Department of Surgical Day Care and Anesthesia C at Tel Hashomer. Dr. Berkenstadt received his MD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and completed his Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine at Guy's Hospital, London, UK. |
| Address - Lower Floor, Operations Building (Entrance from the Southern Part of the Main Hospital) |
| E-mail - haim.berkenstadt@sheba.health.gov.il |
| Tel - 972-3-530-2157 | |
