MEDICAL PROCEDURES
Surgery Questions
To Ask Your Surgeon
What is the operation (procedure) that is recommended?
Ask your surgeon for a simplified explanation of the type of operation, technique used, and why it should be performed. (Pictures and drawings tell patients and family a great deal.)
What is the surgeon's experience with this procedure?
Ask the surgeon about his experience with this procedure, its outcome, and the hospital or setting in which the operation will be performed.
What is the reason that this procedure is necessary at this time?
Is the procedure being done to relieve pain, diagnose a condition, correct deformity, for cosmetic reasons, or what exact purposes?
What are the options if this procedure is not done?
What are the nonsurgical or medical treatments available to help the condition? What will/might happen if the operation is not done. If the operation is not done at this time, can it be done later? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
What is the anticipated outcome of the procedure?
What exactly are the expected or possible benefits of doing the procedure.
What are the specific risks that this procedure involves?
What are the problems, complications, or conditions that are the risks of the procedure. What are the risks of the type of anesthesia to be used? What are the possibilities for anesthesia methods (local, regional, general, etc.)?
What about a second opinion?
A second opinion is very reasonable for an elective procedure. This will not be a problem with the first surgeon who will recognize this as commonplace. Second opinions can reassure anxious patients (and family members) to make the whole process easier for all involved.
What is the recovery process after this procedure?
Procedures each vary in terms of wound recovery and rehabilitation programs. It is very important for patients to know the long-term program ahead of time for the best planning.
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