FAQs
General
Dr. Saterbak sees patients at Stillwater and Woodbury. Click here for directions.
Dr. Saterbak routinely performs surgery at High Pointe Surgery Center in Lake Elmo, Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater, and Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury.
Click here for Dr. Saterbak’s hospital and surgery center affiliations.
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- Copy of any recent imaging studies (TCO can usually retrieve these electronically). Please let our appointment team know of these studies so they can prepare for the clinic. For any MRI or CT scans, please make sure to bring the radiologist’s report with you or send it in ahead of time.
Call our appointment line at 651-439-8807 or schedule online here. The concierge appointment team does their best to work with you to find a convenient time. If you have a more urgent need to see Dr. Saterbak, the concierge appointment team will work with her clinical assistant to find a more immediate appointment date.
Our urgent care locations are open 8AM to 8PM daily. This is a resource for more emergent needs, and they will then assist with your follow up appointment with Dr. Saterbak.
For any repeat injections, please call the team directly at 651-351-2618 to schedule.
Dr. Saterbak will typically work with you to understand your diagnosis, providing you with visuals and written information, along with a treatment plan. Dr. Saterbak will provide you, if needed, the physical therapy order, a written prescription for medications, a workability form, an MRI order, and a clear plan on any immediate follow up appointments.
You will receive a card that lists her team’s contact information. Click here to review her team. They are available by phone or email daily.
Knee: Knee arthroscopy, meniscus repair, cartilage preservation (microfracture/OATS), ACL reconstruction, MPFL reconstruction (patella instability), partial and total knee replacements (also participates in MAKO, Visionaire, and Trumatch), and revision knee replacements.
Shoulder: Shoulder arthroscopy, rotator cuff repair, shoulder instability/labral repair, and shoulder replacement.
It is our goal to help our patients better cope with their pain. We always recommend starting with conservative management: ice, activity modifications, non-narcotics such as Tylenol and NSAIDs (Ibuprofen, Naproxen, Celebrex). Often, even simple low impact exercises, perhaps guided by a physical therapist, can help reduce pain. Sometimes an injection of cortisone can be helpful.
Post-surgical pain is typically treated with a combination of narcotics (Oxycodone or Norco), NSAIDs, and icing. These medications are not intended to completely remove all pain, but to facilitate a health progressive recovery. We have protocols that we use, but each patient’s condition is taken into consideration.
Any questions can be answered by Dr. Saterbak’s care team during business hours. Click here to contact them.
I work closely with athletes at all levels. I actively help manage their non-operative and operative experience to allow them to return to sports safely. I am able to coordinate recovery for college students and high school students who go to school out of the region. I communicate with athletic trainers and physical therapists effectively to allow the athlete to continue focusing on their schooling while recovering from an injury. I use functional sports tests 6 to 12 months after recovery, that are sport specific, that help guide an athlete focusing on any lingering issues.
Patients typically have a choice of who they want to see. Twin Cities Orthopedics has great physical therapists who routinely communicate with me regarding my patients’ care. I also personally know most of the physical therapy groups and can guide my patient/athlete to what would suite them best. I have my physical therapy protocols conveniently located on my website. Click here to view.
The EXCEL Program is an outpatient joint replacement program. It is available to patients who are generally healthy and is done at an outpatient surgery center, which is typically not the case. Dr. Saterbak performs the joint replacement surgery at High Pointe Surgery Center in Lake Elmo. The patient then recovers for one night in a recovery suite located at the Omni Hotel in Eagan. Nursing staff is available 24/7. Because the patient is never admitted to the hospital, there is a substantial cost saving and a lower risk of hospital-acquired infections. This option is attractive for patient who are paying their own bills, employers who are self-insured, worker’s compensation, and patient traveling to the U.S. for their medical care because the costs are less than half of what they are in the hospital. Case managers are set up individually with each patient after their surgery has been scheduled to help guide the patient through the program and ensure patient satisfaction.
Dr. Saterbak recommends repeating cortisone injections as often as every 4 to 6 months but will consider every 3 months as necessary. Hyaluronic Acid injections (Euflexxa and Synvisc) can be repeated every 6 months.
Dr. Saterbak’s physician assistant performs the injections. Please call the care team directly at 651-351-2618 to schedule these.
For cortisone, some patients get immediate relief. For others, it takes up to 4 weeks for the injection to take effect. The duration of a cortisone injection can vary greatly. Some will last as long as a year or more, whereas others may last only a few days. It is also important to know that occasional pain can worsen following a cortisone injection before it gets better.
Hyaluronic Acid injections are usually a series of 3 injections done about a week apart. Some patients receive immediate relief after the first injection, but for others, takes up to 6 weeks for the injection series to take effect. Some patients find lasting relief from Hyaluronic Acid injections while others don’t receive any relief.
When it is decided that an MRI is necessary, Dr. Saterbak’s team will place an order. A prior authorization is typically required with your insurance company. The MRI department does this, and it typically takes a couple of days (sometimes it can be expedited). The MRI department will call you to schedule at a location and time that works best for you. Sometimes, just prior to the MRI, an injection is needed to better see the injured structures. Dr. Saterbak will help you understand if this is necessary and will help coordinate that MRI/injection process with you. You will then have an appointment scheduled with Dr. Saterbak to review the MRI results.
If you are claustrophobic, please inform Dr. Saterbak’s team when having the MRI ordered so a sedative can be ordered. If this is the case, a driver is required for the MRI appointment.
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