Ahrq Announces New Brochure to Help People Make Decisions About Surgery

U.S. Newswire › December 28, 2005

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today released a new publication, Having Surgery? What You Need to Know, to help patients make informed decisions when planning for surgery.

The brochure suggests questions to help patients obtain needed information, including how and where their operation will be performed, what kind of anesthesia will be used, if non-surgical medical treatment and watchful waiting are options, possible risks of not having the surgery, potential risks and expected benefits if they have the surgery, and how long recovery is expected to take.

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Ahrq Announces New Brochure to Help People Make Decisions About Surgery

"In today's increasingly complex medical environment, patients would be well a...

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