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Spinal Anesthesia (Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre) [English] Permalink Public

A spinal anesthetic involves having freezing medicine injected into your spinal fluid to numb parts of your body to block pain. This factsheet provides additional information on how this is done and what to do when you return home. (English) Black & White

Path to Home Guide: Bowel Surgery (Large) (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Bowel surgery information about the day of surgery and the days after your surgery. (English) Colour

Path to Home Guide: Bowel Surgery (Small) (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Bowel surgery information about the day of surgery and the days after your surgery. (English) Colour

Kidney Pre-transplant Clinic (Surrey) [English] Permalink Public

Your kidney doctor has referred you for a pre-kidney transplantation assessment. Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment option for kidney disease. A kidney transplant is an operation (surgery) in which a healthy donated kidney is transplanted into your body. (English) Colour

Biliary Drainage (Lower Mainland) [English] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure biliary drainage including information on who will be performing the procedure?, prior to procedure instructions, what happens during procedure?, will it hurt?, how long it will take?, risks or complications, what happens afterwards?, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems. Biliary drainage is a procedure to drain bile from your liver. Your liver makes bile and is needed to help you digest food. Normally, the bile ducts carry bile from your liver to your bowel, temporarily storing bile in the gallbladder. (English) Colour

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TransUrethral Resection for a Bladder Tumour (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Information booklet on your surgery and recovery at home after having bladder tumour surgery. You are having surgery (an operation) to remove a tumour from the inside wall of your bladder. You might hear the surgery called a TURBT (say ter-bit). Replaces #265738 (English) Colour

Kidney Removal Surgery (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Information booklet on your surgery and recovery at home after having kidney removal surgery (Nephrectomy). You are having surgery (an operation) to remove all or part of one of your kidneys (partial or total nephrectomy) or remove a kidney and the attached ureter (nephro-ureterectomy). Replaces #265734 (English) Colour

Getting Ready for Hip or Knee Replacement Checklist (Burnaby Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

A quick reference checklist to help you prepare for your hip or knee replacement surgery at Burnaby Hospital. (English) Colour

How to Take Opioid Pain Medicine After Surgery (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

There are many ways you can help ease your pain. You have been prescribed an opioid medicine. This factsheet explains how to ease your pain after surgery, how to take opioids safely, and what side effects to watch for. We also give you added safety tips for opioid medicines. (English) Colour

Microlaryngoscopy or Esophagoscopy (Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre) [English] Permalink Public

In both procedures, a thin flexible telescope called an endoscope is passed through your mouth to examine either the vocal folds (laryngoscopy) or upper part of your gastrointestinal tract (gut) as with an esophagoscopy. This factsheet has information on how to care for yourself at home following such a procedure. (English) Black & White