Surgical Services

Quicker Recovery 

These minimally invasive techniques utilize miniature cameras with microscopes, tiny fiber-optic flashlights and high definition monitors that allow our skilled surgeons in many specialties to perform surgery through an incision that requires minimal suturing and typically means reduced pain, smaller scars and quicker recovery.

After Care

After your surgery, registered nurses specially trained in post-operative care will attend to your needs until you are well enough to go home. When you are discharged, you will be provided with written instructions for after-surgery care.

With your permission, a nurse will call you within 24 hours to check on you, ask how you are feeling, and address any concerns you may have. We want to make sure you are well on your way to recovery.

Scheduling: Your physician may make pre-testing appointment for you, or you may call 318-681-5480 to make your own appointment at a time convenient for you.

Pre-admission testing: This appointment will take approximately 1-2 hours. Pre-testing is located on the first floor at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center in Admitting just inside the main entrance facing East Bert Kouns Industrial Loop. At this time, your patient account information will be reviewed and updated, and your insurance card and photo I.D. will be copied. Tests and a complete medical and surgical history will be wont with a registered nurse.

Patient drop-off is available at the Day Surgery entrance located on the west side of the hospital, just past the Emergency Room. Whether you are scheduled as an outpatient or as an inpatient with an overnight hospital stay, we are committed to providing you with an excellent surgical experience.

Please remember to wear comfortable, loose clothing on the day of surgery. A staff member will join you shortly before surgery to begin getting you ready for your surgery. You should arrange for a friend or family member to drive you home after your surgery. He or she is welcome to stay with you in the day surgery area while you recover.

Please click here for more information on what to bring, what to expect, recovery and discharge. If you have any additional questions, please call us at 318-681-5480.

The Mako™ Robotic-Arm Assisted System is less invasive than traditional total knee surgery and is performed using RIO®, a highly advanced, surgeon controlled robotic arm system.

The RIO Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System features three dimensional pre-surgical planning. During surgery, the RIO provides the surgeon with real-time visual, tactile and auditory feedback to facilitate optimal joint resurfacing and implant positioning. It is this optimal placement that can result in more natural knee motion following surgery.

RIO assists the surgeon in achieving natural knee kinematics and optimal results at a level of precision previously unattainable with conventional instrumentation.

Accurately plan implant size, orientation and alignment utilizing CT-derived 3-D modeling
Enabling the pre-resection capture of patient-specific kinematic tracking through full flexion and extension
Real-time intra-operative adjustments for correct knee kinematics and soft-tissue balance
Minimally invasive and bone sparing, with minimal tissue trauma for faster recovery

CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System is the first hospital in the region to perform the Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) Flap Breast Reconstruction surgery. This procedure is the most advanced form of breast reconstruction available today where the surgeon uses the patient’s own abdominal skin and fat to reconstruct breast after mastectomy. 

For more information to see if you could be a candidate for this procedure, call 318-681-4138.