Have you been advised to have surgery? If so ask your doctor “What Operation Are You Recommending?”

Ask your surgeon to explain the surgery and how it is done. Ask them to draw a picture or a diagram and explain the steps in the surgery. Make sure you understand what is procedures are planned and how they will effect your health.

It’s also worth asking if the is more than one way of doing the operation? One procudure may require more extensive surgery than another. Some operations that once needed large incisions (cuts in the body) can now be done using much smaller incisions (for example, laparoscopic surgery).

Some surgeries require that you stay in the hospital for 1 or more days. Others let you come in and go home on the same day. Ask why your surgeon wants to do the operation one way over another.

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