Surgical Care for Your Whole Health
From your first pre-op appointment through recovery, you’ll know you’re in good hands here. At AdventHealth Polk, formerly St. Luke's Hospital, our surgeons take time to answer questions and explain plans, outcomes and expectations. Our community environment often allows you to move through care faster and with more time with your provider.
Whether it's a colon resection or a mastectomy, we’ll provide expert surgical care, going above and beyond to take care of patients and their families.
Our surgery team handles a large and diverse variety of procedures, big and small, simple and complex. Our highly skilled general surgeons are trained and experienced to perform a variety of surgical procedures, including advanced laparoscopic methods, which often result in shorter recovery times and reduced hospital stays.
We’re here to help you find the right surgeon or a location that’s convenient for you.
Expert Care To Guide You at Every Step
- Minimally Invasive Procedures for Faster Healing
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Even when surgery is the right call for your health, it’s normal to feel uneasy. But we're here to help boost your confidence. You can count on us to guide you through your procedure with care and compassion, helping you reclaim your vibrant life as quickly and safely as possible.
Sometimes, this means using the latest minimally invasive surgery techniques, including incision-free endoscopic surgeries as well as laparoscopic surgeries, which use only small incisions for minimal scarring.
- What to Expect Before and After Surgery
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Knowing what to expect can help you feel more confident.
Before Your Surgery
Before your procedure, your surgeon's office will set up a time for you to visit outpatient surgery. There, you will receive any necessary preoperative lab tests and speak with a preoperative nurse. This allows you to focus completely on surgery and recovery on the day of your procedure.
The Day of Your Surgery
Your doctor will instruct you about what to eat and drink before your surgery. On the day of your surgery, please leave all your valuables at home or with a loved one, and do not wear jewelry, makeup or nail polish.
After Your Surgery
After your surgical procedure, you may be admitted to the post-anesthesia care unit, where you will recover from the effects of anesthesia.
You may be feeling anxious before your surgery, and that's normal. Just know that our specialists will be right by your side from one end of the process to the other and that we'll do whatever we can to ease your stress and help you feel comfortable.
Our Surgical Services
At AdventHealth Polk, we perform conventional procedures, as well as minimally invasive endoscopic and laparoscopic surgeries, which allow for quicker recovery and shorter hospital stays.
- Abdominal and digestive surgery
- Appendix surgery
- Biopsy
- Breast surgery
- Burn and wound care
- Colonoscopy
- Colon surgery
- Gallbladder surgery
- Hernia surgery
- Laparoscopy procedures
- Skin cancer surgery
- Upper and lower endoscopies
Expert Care and Leading-Edge Technology You Can Count On
When you need surgical care, whether urgent or elective, you can rely on our expert surgeons. Our team of surgical specialists provides the best care and most compassionate support.
Caring for Your Whole Health Through Every Procedure
We aim to deliver expert whole-person surgical care before, during and after treatment. From elective to urgent surgical procedures, outpatient to inpatient, let us help you move forward, combining the most advanced science and the least invasive techniques — including robotic-assisted surgery — with kindness, compassion and comfort.