Preparing for Surgery at Northwest Houston Surgical and Specialty Care

Surgery is a key treatment for many cancer patients. Here’s information you’ll need to help your procedure go smoothly.

About Northwest Houston

MD Anderson Cancer Center Northwest Houston Surgical and Specialty Care provides outpatient surgery and additional outpatient services. It is about 30 miles north and west of MD Anderson’s Texas Medical Center Campus.

If you are booking travel plans, the most convenient locations will be near Cypress or Tomball.

Location information

Northwest Houston Surgical and Specialty Care is located in Houston on the corner of Louetta Road and Vintage Preserve Parkway.

Address:
9922 Louetta Rd.
Houston, TX 77070

Use the MD Anderson Directions mobile app to get directions to the building. The mobile app is available through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Be sure to allow the mobile app access to your device’s Bluetooth and location in your settings.

Parking is free. Park in the surface lot in front of the building. Enter through the entrance that says Surgery Entrance.

Caregivers can get food and coffee on-site at the 1941 Marketplace café. It is open Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Surgery report time

You will get a phone call on the business day before your surgery. Expect a call from MD Anderson between 5-7 p.m. to get your surgery report time and location. Make sure your care team has the best phone number to reach you.

If you do not hear from MD Anderson by 7 p.m. on the business day before your procedure, call 713-792-2121 to get your surgery report time and location.

Before your visit

Review any patient education your team gives you about your procedure.

The day of surgery/procedure

If you are running late, call Northwest Houston Surgical and Specialty Care at 713-794-5500.

On the day of your surgery, there are a number of steps you must take to help the procedure go smoothly.

• Bring a photo ID such as a Texas Driver’s License or passport for the check-in process.
• If you have sleep apnea and use either a CPAP or BiPAP machine, bring it with you.
• Leave valuables (cell phone, purse, wallet and jewelry) at home or give them to a family member before you check in for your surgery/procedure.
• Do not wear contact lenses, make-up, lotions, perfumes or deodorant.
• Do not use hair spray, gel or mousse.
• If you have dentures, you will be asked to remove them just before the procedure.

Your schedule in MyChart will have your procedure information, location and visit instructions.

Visitor/caregiver information

• You are allowed up to two patient visitors or caregivers at this location.
  • However, only one patient visitor or caregiver is allowed in the pre-operative and post-anesthesia care unit at a time during your procedure. This is due to space limitations and for safety.
• Everyone must wear an MD Anderson-issued face mask in required areas.
• All visitors should stay home if they have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past seven days, have respiratory symptoms or feel unwell.
• During the procedure:
  • Caregivers can use the TV monitor in the waiting area to track their patient’s status. Look for the patient’s first initial, last initial and date of birth.
  • The surgeon will update caregivers in the waiting room as needed.
• After the procedure: 
  • The Post Anesthesia Care Unit team will come to the waiting room to bring the caregiver to visit their patient in recovery.
• If you need to stay overnight for an extended recovery:
  • One adult (18 or older) caregiver can stay with you overnight. A wristband will be provided to your caregiver. They should keep their wristband on for ease of re-entry. Ask your care team for a new band if your bedside caregiver changes.
  • Additional visitors can stay until 9 p.m. They should use the Surgery Entrance.
  • Overnight caregivers who need to re-enter the building after 7 p.m. can call the extended stay nurse station for access: 346-721-9850 or 346-721-9851.
    
  • There is a vending machine with food and drinks on Floor 2.

Discharging outpatients

For outpatient procedures, a responsible adult (18 years of age or older) must be available to receive discharge instructions and take you home after your procedure.

• This person can come with you, or you can provide their contact information when you check in.
• This person must be available to speak with the care team by phone.
• You will not receive sedation medicine until the care team speaks to this person and confirms that they are available to receive discharge instructions and take you home after the procedure.
• If you do not have a responsible adult prepared to speak with the care team by phone and available to take you home, your procedure will be rescheduled.
• If you are discharged the day of your procedure, it is recommended that you have a caregiver stay with you for 24 hours after your procedure.