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Community Health Network, through its convenient hospitals, surgery centers and endscopy centers, is central Indiana’s most preferred surgery provider, delivering unsurpassed service to our physicians and their patients. In partnership with our expert medical staff, we offer innovative and individualized surgery options that are responsive to our customers’ needs. We are committed to efficiently and safely delivering the highest quality surgical and recovery care, creating an exceptional experience for physicians, patients and families alike.

A positive outlook on alarming symptoms

The symptoms can be alarming—difficulty walking, urinary incontinence and mild dementia or memory problems—and they might resemble Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s diseases. Who could imagine that they might instead signal a condition that can be treated effectively and relatively easily?

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), an abnormal increase in cereobrospinal fluid in the brain, affects up to 375,000 Americans. Community Hospital East physicians can treat NPH using a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The device—installed during a surgical procedure that takes less than an hour—relieves the buildup of fluid in the brain that causes NPH. “It’s an easy procedure to do, and has minimal risks,” says Community neurosurgeon Robert Sloan, M.D.

Once it’s in place, the valve can be easily adjusted in the doctor’s office to “fine-tune” the treatment. Remarkably, the treatment allows patients to return to a full, productive life, with symptoms often diminishing within a few weeks. Even dementia, which is usually irreversible, can be lessened if it’s caused by NPH and has been treated properly.

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da Vinci Surgical System

The da Vinci® Surgical System is powered by state-of-the-art robotic technology. The system allows your surgeon’s hand movements to be scaled, filtered and translated into precise movements of micro-instruments within the operative site. The magnified, three-dimensional view enables the surgeon to perform precise surgery in complex procedures through small surgical incisions.

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Indiana Surgery Center
Experience. Our Difference.

When you step into an Indiana Surgery Center, you enter an environment created especially for the patient. Every staff member, every process, every room in the building exists to respond to patient needs. The goals of the staff are for every patient to see the center as an extension of the surgeon’s practice, representing the highest standard of care, and to prepare patients to return home as soon as possible so they can continue their recovery in a familiar setting.

Community Health Network offers five Indiana Surgery Center locations throughout central Indiana. These state-of-the-art centers, which provide a wide range of outpatient surgical procedures for both children and adults, feature home-like environments that help reduce the stress and anxiety that may accompany surgery. More than 98 percent of our patients rate their experience with Indiana Surgery Center as either very good or excellent.

For more information, visit www.IndianaSurgeryCenter.com.