A Leader in Surgical Care

The Union Hospital Center for Advanced Surgery is a leader in surgical care in the Wabash Valley. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the center serves patients of all ages from Vigo and surrounding counties in Indiana and Illinois, performing a wide variety of procedures within the various services available through Union Hospital Health Group:

• Cardiac
• Dental
• Endoscopy Unit Procedures
• ENT
• General Surgery
• Gynecology
• Neurology
• Orthopedic
• Pain Clinic Procedures
• Urology
• Vascular

The center has 11 operating rooms, with one dedicated to urologic cytology procedures and one dedicated to open heart procedures. It is staffed with specially trained personnel to address scheduled and emergency cases.

By the Numbers

Union Hospital's Center for Advanced Surgery performs more than 10,000 surgical service procedures in a fiscal year. From September 2005 to August 2006, 10,276 surgical procedures were performed. This included approximately:

• 2,997 procedures on inpatients
• 7,279 procedures on an ambulatory surgery basis
• 3,000 procedures in the Endoscopy Unit (1,200 on inpatients and 1,790 on an ambulatory surgery basis)
• 200 procedures in the cardiac surgery program

Learn more about the Union Hospital da Vinci S Surgical System