Beacon Medical Group Surgical Services Elkhart 500 Arcade Avenue

Frequently Asked Questions

• Do you handle all kinds of surgical needs?Expand or collapse answer

  Beacon Health System looks at surgery as a step-by-step journey our medical professionals take with you. In Indiana we have surgery centers in South Bend, Elkhart, Bremen and in Michigan, one in Three Rivers.

• Do you do minimally invasive procedures?Expand or collapse answer

  Yes! In fact, Beacon Health System introduced the area's first da Vinci Surgery program in 2007, at Memorial Hospital.

• I have a hernia - can you help me?Expand or collapse answer

  Yes. We will help you identify the type you have, based on your symptoms. Most small hiatal hernias cause no signs or symptoms. But larger ones might cause heartburn, chest or abdominal pain, feeling full soon after you eat.

• I have gallstones. What should I do?Expand or collapse answer

  It depends. If you have symptoms from these hardened deposits of digestive fluid, you will like need to have your gallbladder removed. However, if the gallstones aren't causing any signs and symptoms, you typically don't need treatment.