Please note that the information listed on this website are educational resources provided for our patients and should not be used for decisions about any treatment. All such decisions must be made in consultation with a physician or your healthcare provider. This page also lists website resources we believe are reliable. However, please note that while the web can be a good resource, it can include both helpful information and misinformation and is always changing. We do not endorse or are not affiliated with everything on these website's.

 

Patient Information

• Pre-Operative Instructions
• After Out Patient Surgery
• Bowel Prep Instructions for Major Intestinal or Colon Surgery
• What is a Drain For?
• Drain Care
• Drainage Chart

 

Website Resources

• American College of Surgeons
  This site helps patients and their families become educationally informed about their operation and surgical care.
  
• American Board of Surgery
  This site is an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1937 by the leading US surgical societies to evaluate, examine and certify individuals in the fields of general surgery, vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, surgical critical care, surgery of the hand, and hospice and palliative medicine.
  
• American Cancer Society
  
• Up-To-Date for Patients
  This site contains educational information about a medical condition, helps the patient, their families and friends better understand the management and treatment options available, and have a better dialogue with health care providers.
  
• Web MD
  
• National Cancer Institute
  
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  This site contains educational information for patients with cancer, their families and friends to be more involved in informed conversations with health care providers so they can make sound treatment decisions for their disease, locate cancer care, find the best types of insurance plans, eat healthy and exercise during their treatments and help track and maintain their medical records.
  
• Medline Plus
  This site provides information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations, as well as better inform you with answers to your health questions.
  
• The American College of Gastroenteritis
  This site is committed to providing accurate, unbiased and up-to-date health information to patients and the public.
  
• SAGES - Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons