Procedures

Surgical procedures, explained by surgeons

What is involved in a procedure? Each page explains what the procedure is and which surgeons perform it. Below that are descriptions surgeons use to explain it to their patients, published exactly as each surgeon wrote them.

General information only, not medical advice: please talk to your own surgeon about your situation.

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Important information

General information only, not medical advice. These pages are for general information. They do not give medical advice and are not a substitute for advice about your own situation.
Talk to your own surgeon about whether a procedure is right for you, what it would involve for you, and its benefits and risks.
Surgery Consent Companion is a tool for surgeons. Surgeons use it to prepare consent forms for their patients. It does not provide medical care.
Descriptions are published exactly as written by the named surgeon, unaltered: Surgery Consent Companion does not edit or review them and is not responsible for what they say.
Links to surgeons' websites are given as credit for their descriptions. They are never paid for.