General surgical care close to home
Our general surgeons at Ascension Saint Thomas Medical Partners McMinnville General Surgery deliver surgical care for children and adults, including outpatient same-day surgery, emergency surgery, trauma surgery and inpatient procedures. Our surgical center has image-guided technology, and our surgeons perform minimally invasive techniques whenever possible to help with recovery. Our surgical care team starts by listening to understand your health needs. We are here to answer your questions and provide pre-operative testing to help prepare you for your surgery. Then we deliver personalized surgical care to fit your needs. Our surgeons offer surgical consultation appointments.
Robert A. Christenson, DO
General surgical care services
We focus on surgical methods that help improve your recovery and are associated with fewer complications. Our general surgeons deliver surgical treatments for conditions that affect the entire body, including:
- Abdominal wall surgery
- Abdominal organ surgery - appendix, gallbladder
- Breast cancer
- Colon and rectal disease
- Pancreas and liver disease
- Sarcoma - soft tissue tumors
- Trauma injuries and critical care
Minimally invasive surgery
Our surgeons specialize in minimally invasive surgical techniques, such as laparoscopic surgery. Our surgical approach is personalized for your needs. We focus on techniques that help improve wound healing, manage pain with less medication, and help you return to your daily activities. The general surgical procedures typically treated with a minimally invasive approach include:
- Appendectomy
- Breast biopsy
- Gallbladder removal
- Groin hernia repair
The recovery process for minimally invasive surgeries may be quicker than regular surgery and typically doesn’t require an overnight stay in the hospital.