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Southern New Mexico Phone: 575.437.0890
Southern New Mexico Surgery Center is a multi-specialty center, providing excellent care to all of our patients. Click here to learn more about the various programs. Post Surgery
Who wants to go to a hospital? We provide an alternative to a hospital stay that can be uncomfortable and disruptive to one's routine. Click here to learn more. |
Home >> About Us >> Patient Success Stories Patient Success StoriesComfortable atmosphere puts patient at ease during colonoscopy procedureDavid was due for his colonoscopy screening. His general practitioner referred him to Dr. Nasser Alqassam, a board-certified internal medicine physician for his colonoscopy procedure. David’s screening would take place at Southern New Mexico Surgery Center on an outpatient basis. What is a colonoscopy?A colonoscopy screening allows the doctor to carefully examine the lining of the colon. The colonoscope is a long, flexible tube that is approximately the thickness of a finger. It is inserted through the rectum into the large intestine (colon) and allows the doctor to carefully examine the lining of the colon. Abnormalities of the colon can be seen in great detail. If the physician sees a suspicious area or needs to evaluate an area of inflammation in greater detail, he can pass an instrument through the colonoscope and take a small piece of tissue (biopsy) for examination in the laboratory. Biopsies are taken for many reasons and do not necessarily mean that cancer is suspected. Click here to download a PDF of David's experience with Dr. Alqassam at Southern New Mexico Surgery Center. Day of Screening at SNMSCDavid received instructions from Dr. Alqassam on how to prepare his colon for the screening. He arrived at the surgery center on the morning of his procedure and was greeted by the staff and directed to a procedure room. “The nurses were very friendly and nice, they helped put me at ease before my colonoscopy,” David remembers. He was placed under a light sedative during the procedure which took about 45 minutes. Because of the anesthesia, his son drove him home after the screening. “Southern New Mexico Surgery Center does not have a hospital feeling at all. My wait time was minimal and the surroundings were comfortable. Ideally, this is where I would prefer to go for any type of procedure or surgery,” he says.
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