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Myotomy Surgery: Your Surgery and Recovery at Home [English] Permalink Public

A myotomy is a surgery to relax the ring of muscle in your stomach so that food can pass through properly. This booklet gives you information on how to care yourself after a myotomy surgery. For both types of surgery: Heller Myotomy (laparoscopic) and Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy or POEM. (English) Colour

Eating after Esophagectomy [English] Permalink Public

A guide to nutrition after esophagectomy surgery (English) Colour

Eating after Hiatus Hernia Repair [English] Permalink Public

A guide to eating after hiatus hernia repair. (English) Colour

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Eating after Myotomy Surgery [English] Permalink Public

A guide to eating after myotomy surgery for achalasia. (English) Colour

Oral Suctioning Information for Caregivers (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

This booklet tells you about how to do oral suctioning, the equipment used and how to take care of and clean the equipment. This booklet also tells you what problems to look out for and what to do if they come up. (English) Colour

Heart Services (Cardiac Services) (Royal Columbian Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Welcome to Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH). Our hospital is a regional referral hospital providing specialized surgical and medical programs to people from Burnaby to Boston Bar. We are also a community hospital serving the residents of New Westminster. (English) Colour

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Gender Affirming Surgery - Chest Construction (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Chest construction refers to two procedures. Bilateral mastectomy is the removal of breast tissue. Chest contouring is the sculpting of your chest tissue. These procedures are done together to give your chest a male appearance (English) Colour

Gender Affirming Surgery - Breast Construction (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Breast construction is an upper body surgery that creates, enlarges or shapes your breasts using implants. This surgery gives your chest a female appearance so that you can stop using padded bras or artificial breasts (prosthesis). You might also hear people call this a breast augmentation surgery. (English) Colour

Anti-Coagulant Medicine (Factor Xa Inhibitor) – apixaban (Eliquis®) (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Apixaban (say ‘ah-pix-ah-ban’) is a medicine used to thin the blood so blood clots will not form. It is called a ‘blood thinner’ or ‘anti-coagulant’ (meaning to stop blood from coagulating or clotting). Given to people who have an irregular heart beat (atrial fibrillation), a blood clot in the leg or arm (deep vein thrombosis), a blood clot in the lung(s) (pulmonary emboli), or to prevent blood clots from forming after surgery (post-operative venous thromboprophylaxis). (English) Colour

Anti-Coagulant Medicine (Direct Thrombin Inhibitor) - dabigatran (Pradaxa®) [English] Permalink Public

Dabigatran (say ‘dah-big-ah-tran’) is a medicine used to thin the blood so blood clots will not form. It is called a ‘blood thinner’ or ‘anti-coagulant’ (meaning to stop blood from coagulating or clotting). Given to people who have an irregular heart beat (atrial fibrillation), a blood clot in the leg or arm (deep vein thrombosis), a blood clot in the lung(s) (pulmonary emboli), or to prevent blood clots from forming after surgery (post-operative venous thromboprophylaxis). (English) Colour