At a surgery center, you have your procedure and go home the same day. Hospitals are used for longer surgeries or patients who need overnight monitoring.
Key points
- At Advanced Urology, our urologists do most procedures in our own surgery centers.
- They're built just for urologic surgery and are AAAHC accredited.
When should I come in about this?
If “Outpatient surgery center vs hospital: what to expect” is the reason you are looking us up, call 678-344-8900 or book online and we will see you at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center at 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, or at our Decatur Clinic at 2711 Irvin Way. Fever, heavy bleeding, or being unable to pass urine after a procedure should go to an emergency department or 911, or you can call the office the same day so we can direct you. For a planned procedure we will tell you whether it is booked at the Sandy Springs surgery center or at another Advanced Urology surgery center, and what to bring that morning. Bring a photo ID, insurance information if you carry it, a medicine list, and any pre-operative instructions you were already given.
We would like to see you in Sandy Springs
Our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center at 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, which has its own surgery center, and our Decatur Clinic at 2711 Irvin Way are both ready to welcome you. One number books either office: 678-344-8900.
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Further reading
- Read the full answer to this question on advancedurology.com
- Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center: Advanced Urology overview
How our Sandy Springs urologists think through this question
When someone brings this exact question into our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, it gets a full hearing. Our Sandy Springs urologists give that question the time it deserves. In Sandy Springs our urologists sit with the story you bring, the tests already in hand, and what would actually change the plan, and then we talk about a procedure if one belongs in the discussion. When treatment comes up in Sandy Springs, we stay with what Advanced Urology already offers: what happens at our surgery centers, including the pre-operative visit and going home the same day for most urology procedures. If a popular option is one we do not offer, we will tell you so at the Sandy Springs visit. These notes are here to get you ready; the Sandy Springs visit is where we fit the plan to you.
What a visit at Sandy Springs is usually like
The first appointment at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road leaves room for you to tell the story in your own words. In that first conversation we ask how long the problem has lasted, what you have already tried, and which medicines you currently take. An exam is often part of that first Sandy Springs visit, and we walk through any urine study or scan before it happens. If a later procedure needs a surgery center, we will tell you whether it is scheduled here at 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road or at another Advanced Urology surgery center, and how to prepare. At the desk at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road, please have a government-issued identification, insurance information if you carry it, and the names of the medicines you take; old records help, and we can see you even if the file is still coming together.
When to call our team at Sandy Springs about this
Call 678-344-8900 when the question you just read is the one on your mind, or when a test result named here has just arrived. We will get you on the Sandy Springs schedule, or you can use online booking, and we will tell you the earliest opening we can offer. Heavy bleeding, clots that stop you from urinating, a fever with pain in the side or back, or being unable to pass urine at all should be handled in an emergency department or by calling 911, rather than waiting for a routine slot at our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road.
A video from Advanced Urology that relates to this topic
The official practice channel clip below was recorded as background for the same concern people bring to our Sandy Springs Clinic & Surgery Center, 1450 S Johnson Ferry Road.
Dr. Greenstein explains Pre Operative Clearance. Watch on YouTube
Other reading from Sandy Springs
What the video covers
On this Sandy Springs page the official video we link is titled Dr. Greenstein explains Pre Operative Clearance. This Sandy Springs summary stays with that public title and does not add other claims.