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Patient Education Materials

Below are various patient education materials you may download and print to assist in educating yourself and others on minimally invasive surgery.

What is minimally invasive surgery?

Colon

Patient Education for Laparoscopic Colectomy for Benign Colon Disorders (pdf)

Patient Education for Laparoscopic Colectomy for Polyps and Colon Cancer (pdf)

Esophageal

Eating After Your Esophageal Surgery (pdf)

Hernia

Patient education - ventral hernia repair (pdf)

Common post-op issues for ventral hernia repair. (pdf)

Common post-op issues for inguinal hernia repair. (pdf)

Patient Education - inguinal hernia repair (pdf)

Gallbladder

Common post-op issues for gallbladder surgery. (pdf)

Patient education - gallbladder removal (pdf)

 

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