Surgery

Coming to KDH for surgery?  Prior to your surgery, you may need to meet with your anesthetist. Click here for information about our Pre-Anesthesia Clinic.

Watch our Pre-Op video to learn more about what your surgical day will be like, take a tour of the hospital, and more:

Click here for general instructions on how to prepare for your surgery and what to bring to the hospital. If you are coming for day surgery, please note that in-person check-in starts at 7 am.

FOR PHYSICIANS: Access our Referral Directory for a list of Surgeons, their procedures, and referral information.

NEW AND EXPANDED SURGICAL PROGRAMS

Here is a summary of surgical programs at KDH that have been introduced or expanded since 2020. The entire KDH organization takes tremendous pride in the contributions we are able to make to improve the lives of patients in our region through our surgical programs, including spinal surgeries, same day discharge hip and knee replacements, and neurosurgery for patients suffering from Parkinson’s, chronic pain and more.

Increased Total Hip and Knee Replacement Program

Building on the success of our Total Hip and Knee Replacement Program, also known as the Total Joint Replacement (TJR) Program, KDH embarked on the task of increasing our TJR volumes in an effort to ease the massive backlog of these surgeries that existed in both our region and Ottawa as a consequence of the COVID pandemic. The KDH surgical suite remained open even during some of our scheduled closures and March Breaks while our OR teams sacrificed vacation time, in order to accommodate the increased volumes with remarkable success.

KDH performs total joint replacement knee and hip surgery as a satellite site of The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) through the Champlain Regional Orthopaedic Network. Visit www.champlainmskcare.ca if you have a shoulder, spinal, hip, knee, foot or ankle condition and would like more information about your condition and where to get help for it.

Scheduled for a hip or knee replacement at KDH?

Download our Knee Replacement Patient Information Booklet.
Download our Hip Replacement Patient Information Booklet.

New Same Day Discharge TJR Program

We developed a new Same Day Discharge TJR program to allow healthy, motivated patients to be discharged home the same day of their surgery. Same day discharge of total hip and knee replacements has become commonplace at most of the larger hospitals that offer specialized care. KDH embarked on emulating the success of these programs by offering it as an option to our KDH community. Due to peri-operative advances such as minimally invasive surgical approaches and anesthesia techniques and medications, this program has been successful in KDH. Using strict protocols and patient selection criteria we have been able to discharge patients hours after their surgery with high patient satisfaction and outcomes similar to that of inpatient hip and knee replacements.

New Spinal Decompression/Microdiscectomy Program

We introduced The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) spinal decompression (Microdiscectomy) surgical program to KDH to serve both North Grenville and area
and Ottawa patients. Microdiscectomy (micro decompression) spine surgery is typically done for herniated discs and works to relieve pressure on the spinal nerve by removing the cause of the pain. In collaboration with the TOH orthopaedic department, KDH started this program as a same day procedure not typically requiring admission. It is minimally invasive surgery and done with a small incision using an operating microscope under a General Anesthetic.

Expanded Endoscopy (Colonoscopy/ Gastroscopy) Program

KDH made a decision to expand endoscopy services that were previously on offer by collaborating with the Department of Gastroenterology at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) to increase the volume of these services. The COVID pandemic has resulted in a backlog of these cancer screening and treating procedures. In response, we were able to enhance the quality and volume of our pre-existing endoscopy program, incorporating the additional expertise and experience of the TOH gastroenterologists.

New Deep Brain/Spine Nerve Stimulator Implantation Program

KDH is now providing an innovative deep brain/spine nerve stimulator implantation program for chronic pain and Parkinson’s patients through The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) neurosurgery program. In collaboration with Dr. Adam Sachs, a neurosurgeon and the Director of Neuromodulation and Functional Neurosurgery at TOH, KDH in 2020 started to provide surgical services for patients suffering from a wide spectrum of neurological disorders. It included those primarily suffering from Parkinson’s, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis and chronic pain. Dr. Sachs’ innovative approach to these patients is to provide spinal cord stimulators for chronic pain and deep brain stimulator devices to deal with adverse symptoms of Parkinson’s and to manage Epilepsy. In the past, many of these patients would have to travel to Toronto, but through KDH’s collaboration with TOH these surgeries can be performed closer to home.

New Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Surgical Program

Approximately two years ago, TOH was awarded a contract with OWN (Ontario Workers’ Network) through WSIB with a focus on complex work-related injuries with the goal of expedited recovery and return to work. The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) formed a partnership with KDH to participate in this program focusing on knee, shoulder and back injuries. With KDH’s focus on orthopaedics, we have been able to leverage our experience in these areas through the provision of knee and shoulder arthroscopic surgery as well as microdiscectomy (spinal decompression) surgery.