Resources

• 20 Recomendaciones Para Ayudar a Prevenir Los Errores Médicos (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
• A Time to Heal: Chronotherapy Tunes In to Body's Rhythms (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• AAHKS Doctor Locator (American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons)
• Abdominoplasty (American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS))
• About Hernia Repair (American College of Surgeons)
• Activities After a Hip Replacement (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Activities After a Knee Replacement (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Alternatives to Hysterectomy: New Technologies, More Options (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• Ambulatory Surgery: Frequently Asked Questions (Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia) - includes links to videos requiring RealPlayer
• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• An Incentive Spirometer (Cleveland Clinic)
• Anesthesia for Ambulatory Surgery (American Society of Anesthesiologists) - Links to PDF File (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Arterial Lines, Central Lines, and Bladder Catheter [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: Thermal Capsulorrhaphy (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Arthroscopy (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Basik Lasik: Tips on Lasik Eye Surgery (Federal Trade Commission)
• Be Informed: Questions To Ask Your Doctor Before You Have Surgery (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
• Blepharoplasty (American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS))
• Breast Reduction Often Good Medicine (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• Caring for Your Sutures (Cleveland Clinic)
• Cauda Equina Syndrome (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Colonoscopy (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endosopic Surgeons)
• Considering Surgery? (National Institute on Aging)
• Diagnostic Laparoscopy (Society of American Gastrointestinal Endosopic Surgeons)
• Drain and Suture Line Care for Wounds (Cleveland Clinic)
• Enhance Your Smile with Lip Augmentation (American Academy of Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc.)
• Esté bien informado: Lo que debe preguntar antes de una cirugía (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
• Facial Implants (American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS))
• FASTATS: Inpatient Surgery (National Center for Health Statistics)
• FASTATS: Outpatient Department Visits (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Find an Interventional Radiologist (Society of Interventional Radiology)
• Find an Orthopaedist (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Forehead Lift Surgery (American Academy of Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc.)
• Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery: Neurosurgery without a Scalpel (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Getting a Second Opinion Before Surgery (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - Links to PDF File
• Giving Your Informed Consent (American College of Surgeons)
• Guide for Patients and Families Improving Health Care Quality (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
• Guided Imagery Speeds Surgical Recovery (HealthWorld)
• Hand Surgery (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Herniated Disk (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Hip Implants (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Hysterectomy (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Ileostomy, Colostomy and Ileoanal Reservoir Surgery (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• IMPACT Center (Cleveland Clinic)
• Incision Care (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Incision Care (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Incision Care [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• Induced Menopause Explained (North American Menopause Society) - Links to PDF File (The North American Menopause Society (NAMS))
• Information for Patients - Office Visit Tips (American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons)
• Interventional Radiology Is 21st Century Medicine (Society of Interventional Radiology)
• Laser Eye Surgery: Is It Worth Looking Into? (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• Looking for a Qualified Surgeon (American College of Surgeons)
• MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorials (National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS)
• My Trip to the Hospital Coloring Book (American Society of Anesthesiologists) - Links to PDF File
• New Study Suggests that Death Rates for Some Cardiac and Cancer Surgeries May Be Linked to Surgeons' Experience (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• NIH Consensus Development Conference: Hip Replacement (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Nutrition for Healing (Cleveland Clinic)
• OI Issues: Surgical Considerations (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Pain Control After Surgery (Cleveland Clinic)
• Pain Control after Surgery (for Your Surgery binder) (Cleveland Clinic)
• Pain Control after Surgery: Pain Medicines (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Pain Control After Surgery: Pain Medicines (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Pre-Surgical and Post-Surgical Treatment (HealthWorld)
• Pre-Surgical and Post-Surgical Treatment (HealthWorld)
• Preparing for Surgery (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Preparing for Surgery [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• Preparing for Your Child's Surgery and Anesthesia: A Parent's Role (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
• Preparing Your Child for the Hospital and Surgery (Nemours Foundation)
• Preventive Mastectomy
• Questions and Answers about Hip Replacement (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Quick Tips - When Planning for Surgery (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Replantation (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Rhytidectomy (American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS))
• Rodding Surgery in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Rodding Surgery in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center, NIAMS, NIH, HHS)
• Rx: Preparing for Surgery (HealthWorld)
• Sedation Analgesia (Cleveland Clinic)
• Senior Citizen as a Patient (American Society of Anesthesiologists)
• Should You Seek Consultation (Second Opinion)? (American College of Surgeons)
• Sizing up Surgery (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• Society of Interventional Radiology
• Spinal Fusion (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
• Surgery (National Institutes of Health)
• Surgery (Cleveland Clinic)
• Surgery (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Surgery (Medline Plus)
• Surgery (HealthWorld)
• Surgery and Insomnia (Cleveland Clinic)
• Surgery for Epilepsy (Office of Medical Applications of Research)
• Understanding Nose Surgery (American Academy of Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc.)
• What Happens in the Operating Room? (Nemours Foundation)
• What Is a Pediatric Surgeon? (American College of Surgeons) - Links to PDF File
• What Is Neurosurgery? [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
• What Will Your Operation Cost? (American College of Surgeons)
• What You Need to Know about... Surgery and Paget's Disease (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• What You Should Know about the Safety of Outpatient Plastic Surgery (American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS))
• What's It Like to Have Surgery? (Nemours Foundation)
• When Surgery Causes Menopause (The North American Menopause Society (NAMS))