General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
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When to Contact Us
Please remember that we are always available to take care of you and answer your questions. Do not view your calls as an inconvenience or bother to us. We want to help make your post operative period as easy as possible.
Follow-up
Call your surgeon's office after you get home to make arrangements for follow-up. Unless instructed otherwise, this should be in 7-14 days.
Always call your surgeon's office if you experience:
- Significant bleeding
- Difficulty breathing
- Persistent light headedness
- Chills and/or fever greater than 101°F
- Pus or infection at the incisions
- Inability to pass urine
- Severe pain
- Any worrisome condition
General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
- About Gallstones
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Questions and Complications
- About Hiatal Hernia
- Diagnosis and Testing
- Diagnosis Q and A
- Non-Surgical Treatment Options
- Treatment Options: Medication
- Anti-Reflux Surgery
- When Is Surgery Necessary?
- Complications During Surgery
- Surgery
- Surgery Side Effects and Failure Rate
- General Preoperative Instructions
- Postoperative Expectations
- Postoperative Expectations: What to Expect at Home
- What is a Hernia?
- Anti-Reflux Surgery
- Appendectomy
- Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy)
- Ventral Hernia
- About Inguinal Hernias
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Patient Education
- Recovering from Laparoscopic Hernia Repair: Patient Guide
- Recovering from Open Hernia Repair: Patient Guide
- Patient Guide: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Patient Guide: Incisional, Umbilical and Ventral Hernias
- Patient Guide: Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Patient Guide: Achalasia
- Patient Guide: Diseases of the Spleen and Splenectomy
- Dietary Guidelines
- Activity Guidelines
- About Steroids
- Achalasia
- About the Spleen
- When to Contact Us