St. Clare Memorial Hospital Services Surgery General Surgery
St. Clare General Surgery

General Surgery

Quality Care, Close to Home 


Patients who require general surgery will visit the HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital for consultations and follow-up appointments. Surgeries are performed inside one of three operating rooms inside HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital. Colonoscopy and other digestive health procedures are performed inside the GI suite.

List of Key Procedures

 
  • Adrenal gland, appendix, colon, gallbladder, hernia repair and spleen surgery
  • Breast surgery
  • Colonoscopy and upper endoscopy
  • Dialysis access
  • Hemorrhoid repair
  • Lung surgery
  • Treatment of skin cancer
  • Thyroid and parathyroid surgery
  • Wound care

 

Linda’s Story

 

While needing to be in the hospital to have surgery may not be on the top of many people’s list, for Linda, she was pleasantly surprised with her experience at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital.
 
Being from Lena, Wis., the common perception is that many need to travel to Green Bay to get their care. However, when Linda needed to have a hernia removed, she was able to have her surgery no more than 15 minutes away from her home.

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Bob's Story: "My Troop of Angels"

 

In August 2019, Bob and his wife were spending time at their cottage on Underwood Lake in Oconto County. Bob was doing some yardwork when he started experiencing stomach pains. The pains progressed so severely, Bob began to think he was dying.
 
“In fact, I knew I was dying,” recalls Bob. “And when I said that out loud, it was my voice; but, I also think it was God’s voice, and that God was saying ‘Get yourself to the hospital now.’”
 
Bob’s wife rushed him to HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital where tests confirmed Bob was suffering from an internal hernia with a twisted intestine. Surgery was needed immediately.

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