Patient Surgery

What to Expect with a Total Knee Replacement: A Patient’s Guide to Surgery, Rehab, and Beyond contains detailed information on every step of the process of having total knee replacement surgery. It will teach you how to gain the greatest benefit from your surgery, minimize complications and setbacks, and empower you to achieve the best results possible. This book is intended for every person planning to undergo total knee replacement surgery, as it will take you through the entire journey from pre-operative preparations to full recovery and beyond, arming you with important knowledge ...

In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death. When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment is a crucial survival strategy in a profession where death is only a heartbeat away. In Open Heart, Westaby reflects on over 11,000 surgeries, showing us why the procedures have never become routine and will never be.

Most cataract surgery patients are optimistic and for good reason. I have personally performed thousands of cataract surgeries in my career, including members of my own family, and the majority of those operations were qualitatively successful. And because of the success rate of such surgeries, many prospective patients expect perfect vision restored with little or no recovery time. But, as with any surgery, there are potential complications.

Most people will require cataract surgery at some point in their lives. How do you know when it is time for cataract surgery? How is having cataract surgery after LASIK surgery different? This book prepares you for what to expect before, during, and after the surgery. This book offers first-hand accounts of cataract surgery that only patients themselves could provide. It describes the details of four surgeries: two cataract surgeries performed after LASIK surgery, and two performed without any LASIK surgery history. In this book you will learn: What are cataracts and how do you know when ...

Author and spine surgeon Dr. David Hanscom has observed that in this era of corporate medicine, surgical decisions are often made quickly, without a complete evaluation or attempt at nonsurgical rehabilitation before proceeding. The result? The majority of spine operations are unnecessary, and many surgeries are performed on spines with normal, age-related conditions.

Ailsa Rae is learning how to live. She’s only a few months past the heart transplant that - just in time - saved her life. Now, finally, she can be a normal 28-year-old. She can climb a mountain. Dance. Wait in line all day for tickets to Wimbledon. But first, she has to put one foot in front of the other. So far, things are as bloody complicated as ever. Her relationship with her mother is at a breaking point, and she wants to find her father. Then, there's Lennox, whom Ailsa loved and lost. Will she ever find love again?

Our bodies are programmed to heal, but too often we are unaware that we are working against our own healing. The damaging effects of incisions, anesthesia, antibiotics, and opioids demand that you Optimize before and after surgery for your best recovery. No matter how perfect the surgery, your surgeon needs your commitment and help to achieve your goal of a pain-free life.