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iWhen the decision has been made that surgery is needed, Harris Regional Hospital’s Surgical Services offers a great variety of surgical procedures in Western North Carolina.
Harris Regional Hospital's board-certified surgeons provide inpatient and outpatient surgical care, including pre-operative and post-operative care at local practices. All surgeries are performed at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, NC.
The latest equipment is utilized in 6 operating suites, and over 400 surgical procedures are performed each month. Due to newer techniques available such as laser and endoscopic surgery, many procedures can be done on an outpatient basis.
Approximately half of the surgeries performed at Harris Regional Hospital are completed on an outpatient basis. Our outpatient surgical unit provides the convenience of private rooms for preparation and recovery.
Harris Regional Hospital specializes in providing surgical care for patients. Our full clinical staff includes registered nurses, anesthesiologists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists who are part of the care team for surgery patients at Harris Regional Hospital.
Over 45 board certified surgeons are on staff with specialties including:
Surgical Technology
Every department at Harris Regional Hospital is continuously improving services with patients' needs in mind. Harris Regional Hospital Surgical Services strives to bring the latest technology and highly trained staff to make the surgical experience the best available for the patients in Western North Carolina.
The surgical teams at Harris Regional Hospital are among the miracle workers of medicine. Our surgeons use lasers, laparoscopes, video monitors, sound waves, microscopes and computers to make surgeries less invasive and to shorten recovery time.