Southern Cross Wellington Surgical Centre, a joint venture between the region's leading orthopaedic specialists and Southern Cross Healthcare, is the first dedicated day stay hospital in Wellington. We are committed to providing the best in contemporary orthopaedic care. Our orthopaedic services include a range of day stay orthopaedic procedures, including knee, foot, ankle, shoulder, hand and arm surgeries.
We are located adjacent to Southern Cross Wellington Hospital. Our purpose-built centre is located on the top floor, and includes two operating theatres, a five-bed Post Anaesthetic Care Unit and a five-chair day stay lounge. With co-located Specialist Consulting Rooms and Affinity Medical Imaging, our facility is designed to enhance the patient experience and provide seemless, efficient care.
What is Orthopaedics?
We are located adjacent to Southern Cross Wellington Hospital. Our purpose-built centre is located on the top floor, and includes two operating theatres, a five-bed Post Anaesthetic Care Unit and a five-chair day stay lounge. With co-located Specialist Consulting Rooms and Affinity Medical Imaging, our facility is designed to enhance the patient experience and provide seemless, efficient care.
What is Orthopaedics?
This is an area that deals with conditions of the musculoskeletal system (disorders of bones and joints of the limbs and spine). The specialty covers a range of different types of conditions starting with congenital (conditions which children are born with) through to degenerative (conditions relating to the wearing out of joints). The field of orthopaedics covers trauma where bones are broken or injuries are sustained to limbs.
Other conditions that sit under the spectrum of orthopaedics are metabolic conditions, neurological and inflammatory conditions.
