Introduction

Welcome to the Cardiothoracic Unit website of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The staff within the unit have provided this online information with regard to the pre-operative, post-operative and convalescence phases of your cardiac surgery experience.
The highly-trained staff cares one-on-one for patients who have had surgery on their heart and other areas of the chest. Whether undergoing “bypass” or “valve” surgery, the pre-operative and post-operative care and management is very similar.

The Cardiothracic unit has an established relationship with the Wakefield Hospital, with a combined total of approximately 1000 open-heart procedures being performed during the year. The unit is one of the largest of its type in Australia and the major centre for open-heart surgery in South Australia. The unit also treats patients from the Northern Territory, and South East Asia, particularly Indonesia, patients are referred through AUShealth Services.

The Royal Adelaide Hospital Cardio Thoracic Surgical Unit (C.T.S.U.) is one of the oldest in Australia with a long history of state of the art cardiac surgical services. Established over 30 years ago, the unit has been a bastion of excellence in patient treatment and care and is conveniently located in the picturesque centre of the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The hospital overlooks the parklands that surround the city and is adjacent to the beautiful botanical gardens.

The Royal Adelaide Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit is a separate surgical suite maintaining a preoperative ward and ICU devoted solely to adult heart and chest surgery. The Cardiac service is a progressive unit that continually strives to improve the quality of care that it provides. With modern, up to date equipment and very experienced staff, the CTSU has the means and expertise to provide the very best that cardio thoracic surgery has to offer. For example, the unit will soon be the first to offer public services utilising the Da Vinci robot. Located in a new surgical suite of the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The unit consists of an integrated Theatres/ICU complex entirely on the same level providing simplicity of proximity and patient care.

Services Offered

Adult Cardiac Surgery
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Robotic Surgery
Adult Thoracic Surgery
Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery

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