Your Guide to Pain Control After Surgery
... Pain does not have to be an unavoidable part of your recovery from surgery. Today''s pain control treatments can prevent most pain after surgery. This information has been prepared to help you underst...

Pain Control After Surgery
... Pain is a worry for most people. But it is comforting to know that pain control is an important part of your recovery. Every effort is made to minimize your pain; however, it is normal to experience s...

How To Use An Incentive Spirometer
... Using your incentive spirometer after surgery will help you keep your lungs clear. The incentive spirometer also will help keep your lungs active when you are recovering from surgery, as if you were a...

Caring for Sutures
... So your surgery is over and you’ve been sent home with sutures. Be prepared to handle the site with care. These sutures will be with you for at least a few days, depending on your situation and the ar...

Sedation Analgesia
... What is sedation analgesia? Sedation analgesia involves the use of medications to achieve a desired level of consciousness in patients who are about to undergo specific surgical, dental, or medical pr...

Alternatives to Hysterectomy: New Technologies, More Options
... by Linda Bren More than 1 in 4 U.S. women will have a hysterectomy by the time they are 60 years old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A hysterectomy--removal of the ...

Hysterectomy
... A hysterectomy is an operation to remove a woman's uterus (womb). The uterus is where a baby grows when a woman is pregnant. Sometimes the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and cervix are removed at the s...

Questions and Answers about Hip Replacement
... Hip replacement, or arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure in which the diseased parts of the hip joint are removed and replaced with new, artificial parts. These artificial parts are called the prosth...

Ileostomy, Colostomy, and Ileoanal Reservoir Surgery
... Sometimes treatment for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and familial adenomatous polyposis involves removing all or part of the intestines. When the intestines are removed, the body needs a n...

Breast Reduction Often Good Medicine
... by Marilynn Larkin Breast size usually isn't considered an appropriate topic for social conversation. But for a woman suffering the medical and social consequences of having large, pendulous breas...

Laser Eye Surgery: Is It Worth Looking Into?
... by Carol Lewis For Jeri Goldstein everything was a blur. Without her contact lenses she couldn't distinguish people, the scenes on television, the stars at night, and, generally, the world at larg...

Sizing Up Surgery
... by Carol Lewis Thousands of Americans face surgery each year, often with fear and doubts about whether the right step is being taken. And not knowing what's involved may mean putting yourself thro...