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Being an informed patient helps you make the best health care choices for your care. Below, you can read more about the latest surgical advances and techniques while also taking in some advice to help you make those important decisions.
How to Select a Surgeon Preparing for Surgery (PDF) Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Having Surgery Anesthesia Q & A Putting Yourself First with a Second Opinion Physicians Are Often the First to Seek a Second Opinion Surgery: A Nurse's Perspective When it Comes to Surgery, Age is Just Part of the Equation
Live Donor Kidney Transplant Program Thriving at BIDMC Creating a Virtual World to Train Surgeons, Develop Operations of the Future Clinical Pathway: What It Is and Why You Need One CyberKnife: Surgery Without Cutting The Facts on Open vs. Robotic Prostatectomy The Pain of Varicose Veins
Surgery of the Future: Surgeons Using Printers to make 3D Patient Models A 'Navel' Idea: New Technique can Remove Gallbladder with One Small Incision Minimally Invasive Surgery Offers Greater Options for Esophageal Cancer New Technology Means Kidney Cancer can be Treated Laparoscopically Minimally Invasive Procedure Successfully Treats Brain Aneurysms Aortic Aneurysm Repair Made Easy Hernia Repair: Is Laparoscopic Always Best? The Whipple Procedure Minimally Invasive Back Fusion Surgery Spares Complications
Incisionless Sterilization Gaining Popularity Minimally Invasive Procedure Effective for Treating Fibroids in Some Women New Treatments for Urinary Incontinence Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Procedures on the Rise Breast Reconstruction: New Procedure Spares Abdominal Muscle
Department of Surgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center West Campus, Lowry Medical Office Building 110 Francis St. Boston, MA 02215 617-632-9581
How much do you know about surgery? Take this quiz (8 questions), courtesy of the Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Department of Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Take our quiz