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About Your Surgery

Describes what to expect before, during and after surgery, including home care guidelines.
Links are to PDF documents. Please install Adboe Acrobat Reader to view.

• After Heart Surgery (PDF)
  
• After a Hysterectomy: Coping with Changes (PDF)
• Anesthesia for Foot and Ankle Surgery (PDF)
• Anesthesia for Hand and Elbow Surgery (PDF)
• Anesthesia for Shoulder Surgery (PDF)
• Anesthesia for Toe and Foot Surgery (PDF)
  
• Anesthesia for Total Knee Replacement (PDF)
  
• Bowel Resection: Patient Discharge Instructions (PDF)
• Bowel Resection: Your Path to Recovery (PDF)
• Breast Surgery: Discharge Instructions (PDF)
• Cesarean Birth (C-Section) (PDF)
• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) (PDF)
• Gastric Band Placement: Discharge Instructions (PDF)
• Heart Valve Repair or Replacement (PDF)
• Hernia Repair: Discharge Instructions (PDF)
  
• MAZE Procedure (PDF)
  
• A Patient’s Guide to Surgery (PDF)
• Prentice Surgical Services (PDF)
• Prentice Surgical Services Check List (PDF)
• Spine Surgery: After Hospital Care (PDF)
  
• Total Hysterectomy and Removal of the Ovaries (Abdominal): Patient Discharge Instructions (PDF)
• Total Vaginal Hysterectomy and Removal of the Ovaries (Laparoscopic): Patient Discharge Instructions (PDF)