Our general surgeons at Ascension Medical Group St John deliver surgical care for children and adults, including outpatient same-day surgery, emergency surgery, trauma surgery and inpatient procedures. Our surgical center has robotic and image-guided technology, and our surgeons perform minimally invasive techniques whenever possible to help with recovery. Our surgical care team starts by listening to understand your health needs. We are here to answer your questions and provide pre-operative testing to help prepare you for your surgery. Then we deliver personalized surgical care to fit your needs. Our surgeons offer surgical consultation appointments.
General surgical care services
We focus on surgical methods that help improve your recovery and are associated with fewer complications. Our general surgeons deliver surgical treatments for conditions that affect the entire body, including:
- Abdominal wall surgery
- Complex foregut
- Stomach surgery
- Abdominal organ surgery - appendix, gallbladder
- Bariatric (weight loss)
- Breast cancer
- Colon and rectal disease
- Pancreas and liver disease
- Sarcoma - soft tissue tumors
- Thyroid disease
- Endoscopy-colonoscopy and EGD
- Trauma injuries and critical care
- Vascular access fistula
Minimally invasive surgery
Our surgeons specialize in minimally invasive surgical techniques, such as laparoscopic surgery. Our surgical approach is personalized for your needs. We focus on techniques that help improve wound healing, manage pain with less medication, and help you return to your daily activities. The general surgical procedures typically treated with a minimally invasive approach include:
- Appendectomy
- Breast biopsy
- Gallbladder removal
- Groin hernia repair
- Thyroid surgery
The recovery process for minimally invasive surgeries may be quicker than regular surgery and typically doesn’t require an overnight stay in the hospital.
Robotic surgery with increased precision
Robotic-assisted technology is driven and directed by the surgeon. Using precision techniques, this surgical approach may be recommended. The da Vinci Surgical System® provides an alternative to open and conventional surgical techniques and enhances the surgeon’s visual field with 3D vision, 360-degree motion and precision instrument placement. Robotic surgery has many applications, including:
- Appendix removal and abdominal surgery
- Cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstones or biliary dyskinesia
- Colon cancer surgery
- Esophagus GERD procedures
- Hernia repair
- Inflammatory bowel obstruction repair
- Splenectomy - spleen removal
