Bowel surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35661
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. GI/General Surgery staff.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0046
- Available Online
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Your doctor has arranged for you to have bowel surgery. During surgery, a part of your bowel will be removed. This pamphlet will answer some of your questions about your stay in the hospital and care at home. An overview of what will happen before and after surgery is provided. Topics include: activity after surgery, nutrition, controlling discomfort, and care of your incision. Instructions for follow-up care are given. A list of symptoms that require you to call your surgeon's office or your p…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. GI/General Surgery staff
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (13 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Intestines - surgery
- Colectomy
- Colostomy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Intestines--Surgery
- Colectomy
- Colostomy
- Abstract
- Your doctor has arranged for you to have bowel surgery. During surgery, a part of your bowel will be removed. This pamphlet will answer some of your questions about your stay in the hospital and care at home. An overview of what will happen before and after surgery is provided. Topics include: activity after surgery, nutrition, controlling discomfort, and care of your incision. Instructions for follow-up care are given. A list of symptoms that require you to call your surgeon's office or your primary health care provider are listed.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: GI/General Surgery staff
- Pamphlet Number
- 0046
Laparoscopic bowel surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams35662
Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. GI/General Surgery staff.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2021.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0933
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Your doctor has arranged for you to have laparoscopic bowel surgery. During surgery, a part of your bowel will be removed using a laparoscope. Laparoscopic surgery has fewer complications than open bowel surgery. An overview of what will happen before and after surgery is provided. Topics include: nutrition, controlling discomfort, and care of your incision. Instructions for follow-up care are given. A list of symptoms that require you to call your surgeon's office or your primary health care p…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. QEII. GI/General Surgery staff
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2021
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (10 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Intestines - surgery
- Laparoscopy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Intestines--Surgery
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Abstract
- Your doctor has arranged for you to have laparoscopic bowel surgery. During surgery, a part of your bowel will be removed using a laparoscope. Laparoscopic surgery has fewer complications than open bowel surgery. An overview of what will happen before and after surgery is provided. Topics include: nutrition, controlling discomfort, and care of your incision. Instructions for follow-up care are given. A list of symptoms that require you to call your surgeon's office or your primary health care provider are listed.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: GI/General Surgery staff
- Pamphlet Number
- 0933
