Much of the information that is found throughout this preparing for surgery website will apply to you regardless of the type of surgery that you are having.
Of course, there will also be aspects of your preparation for surgery, your treatment in hospital, and your recovery that are specific to the type of operation that you are having.
Your first resource for information about the particular surgery that you are having should be your surgical and anaesthetic team. You should be given the necessary information during your appointments before your surgery and given the opportunity to ask any questions that you have.
We have provided further information specific to a variety of different surgeries which you can find by clicking on the links to left. Information of this sort is not available on this website for all of the operations performed at the Royal Infirmary. We aim to add further resources in the future. However, as above, information about your surgery should be provided to you at your clinic appointment.
Cardiothoracic surgery
Complex hernia surgery
Day surgery
General surgery
Gynaecological surgery
Obstetric surgery
Orthopaedic surgery
Vascular surgery
PLEASE NOTE
This website includes content taken from the Royal College of Anaesthetists’ (RCoA) leaflets ‘Fitter, Better, Sooner (2018)’, ‘You and your anaesthetic (2020)’, ‘Anaesthesia explained (2015)’, and ‘Common events and risks in anaesthesia(2019)’. However, The RCoA has not reviewed the website as a whole. Some of the RCoA infographics used on the website have been adapted for web viewing.
