Surgery

Children

1.	Preparing Your Child for the Hospital and Surgery Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/surgery/hosp_surgery.html




2.	Preparing for Your Child's Surgery and Anesth American Association of Nurse Anesthetists http://www.aana.com/patients/parents_role.asp




3.	My Trip to the Hospital Coloring Book American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/patientEducation/MyTrip.pdf




4.	What Is a Pediatric Surgeon? American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/yourhealth/pedsurg.pdf




5.	What Happens in the Operating Room? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/places/or.html

Directories

1.	Find an Interventional Radiologist Society of Interventional Radiology http://directory.sirweb.org/eseries/scriptcontent/index_members_search.cfm




2.	Find an Orthopaedist American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www6.aaos.org/memdir/public/memdir.asp




3.	Fellowship Database (Membership Directory) American College of Surgeons http://web3.facs.org/acsdir/default.cfm




4.	AAHKS Doctor Locator American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons http://www.aahks.org/index.asp/fuseaction/patients.locator

Nutrition

1.	Nutrition Guidelines to Improve Healing Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2100/2169.asp?index=...

Organizations

1.	American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/




2.	Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/




3.	American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www.aaos.org/




4.	American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstruct http://www.aafprs.org/




5.	American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons http://ascrs.affiniscape.com/

Overviews

1.	Preparing for Surgery American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZJ9B5Q97C&sub_...




2.	Surgery Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec25/ch301/ch301a.html




3.	Quick Tips - When Planning for Surgery Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/quicktips/tipsurgery.htm

Related Issues

1.	How to Use an Incentive Spirometer after Surgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0239.asp?index=...




2.	What Will Your Operation Cost? American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/operation/what.html




3.	Surgery and Insomnia Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0207.asp?index=...




4.	Should You Seek Consultation (Second Opinion)? American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/operation/consult.html




5.	Questions To Ask Your Doctor Before You Have Surge Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/surgery.htm




6.	Drain and Suture Line Care for Wounds Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2200/2205.asp?index=...




7.	Getting a Second Opinion Before Surgery: Your Choi Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/02173.pdf




8.	Giving Your Informed Consent American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/operation/consent.html




9.	Herbal Supplements and Surgery: What You Need to K Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00040




10.	Incision Care American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/095.xml




11.	Looking for a Qualified Surgeon American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/yourhealth/findadoc.html




12.	Pain Control: What You Need to Know Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3300/3309.asp?index=...




13.	Caring for Sutures (Stitches) Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3300/3331.asp?index=...

Research

1.	Platelet Function after Taking Ibuprofen for 1 Wee American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/7/I-54

Seniors

1.	Considering Surgery? National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/surgery.asp

Specific Conditions

1.	Laparoscopic Surgery Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons http://www.sls.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3294




2.	Interventional Radiology Is 21st Century Medicine Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/whatIsAnIR.shtml




3.	Arthroscopy American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/brochure/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=33&topcategory=...




4.	Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery: Neurosurgery without a S Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00736




5.	Cryotherapy American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/interventional/cryo.htm




6.	Ambulatory Surgery: Frequently Asked Questions Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia http://www.sambahq.org/patient-info/faqs.html




7.	Understanding Laser Surgery American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZHXQJK3XC&sub_...

Statistics

1.	FASTATS: Inpatient Surgery National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/insurg.htm

Teenagers

1.	What's It Like to Have Surgery? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/question/health_basics/having_sugery.html