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About Your Surgery Experience: Getting ready for your surgery at UW Medical Center (UWMC) - Montlake - 01/2024

About Your Surgery Experience: Getting ready for your surgery at UW Medical Center (UWMC) - Montlake
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Abstract

This booklet explains what to expect when having surgery at UWMC. It includes pre-surgery clinic visit, medicine restrictions before surgery, anesthesia, what happens the day and morning before surgery, arriving at the hospital, what happens in the pre-operating area and recovery room, and home care instructions. Helpful phone numbers and maps are also included.

Author
Surgical Specialties Center/Surgical Services
Publisher
University of Washington Medical Center
Date Published (original date)
1998
Revision Date
01/2024
General Subject
About UWMC
Patient Care Procedures & Instructions
Surgery
Specific Subject/Keyword
Anesthesia
Clinics
Preadmission Teaching
Preoperative Teaching
Languages
Amharic
Arabic
Chinese
English
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish
Vietnamese
Record ID
1495