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- Anesthesia and Your Anesthesiologist
- Checklist for Surgery / Consent Forms / Insurance Information
- Common Surgical Procedures
- Discharge Planning
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- Outpatient Surgery
- Pain Management After Surgery
- Preparing for Surgery
- Questions to Ask Before Surgery
- Recovering From Surgery / Intensive Care
- Surgery: Preoperative Care
- Surgery: What to Expect
- Surgery Discomforts and Complications
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- Surgery Postoperative Care
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- Surgical Care Online Resources
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Purpose of Having Surgery
Purpose of Having Surgery
What is the purpose of surgery?
Surgery, whether elective or required, is done for a multitude of reasons. A patient may have surgery to:
- further explore the condition for the purpose of diagnosis.
- take a biopsy of a suspicious lump.
- remove diseased tissues or organs.
- remove an obstruction.
- reposition structures to their normal position.
- redirect channels.
- transplant tissue or whole organs.
- implant mechanical or electronic devices.
- improve physical appearance.
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