As a public service during this time when Providence Alaska Medical Center says it is in crisis and may have to decide which patients live or die, Must Read Alaska is providing a list of the surgeries, mostly elective, that will be done at the hospital daily, so readers can understand the usage of services at the hospital and plan their lives accordingly.
Oct. 5 surgeries include two to four that will require the intensive care unit:
Spine x4
VP shunt
Endo x 1
Robot prostate
Parathyroidectomy
Vats x2
THA
TKA
Robot hyst neo
Gyn tape
GU ureteroscope
CABG
AVR
Card abl x2
TAVR
Card stent
AV shunts x2
Cv Cor Angio x3
AFib
TEE x2
ECT x3
Hyst DC
Ureteroscopy stone rem stent
Lap gastric sleeve
Lap HH and GJ revision
Bil Myringotomy with tubes
Ton and AD x2
Total lap hyst bso
Bronch
Egd
Eus
CS x3
Cerclage
Trach
TKA revision
