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This handout is for people who have had reconstructive surgery at University of Washington Medical Center. It explains what pain to expect after surgery, pain management, and when to call the clinic.

This handout explains how pain is controlled with prescription pain medicines (opioids) after spine surgery at Harborview Medical Center. It includes safety precautions, tips for preventing constipation, how to taper doses, and who to call for help.

This handout is a chapter in the Spine Care Companion. It explains how pain is controlled with prescription pain medicines (opioids) after spine surgery at UW Medicine. It includes safety precautions, tips for preventing constipation, how to taper doses, and who to call for help.

This handout explains pain management and how to communicate with healthcare providers to find methods that work. It includes the "Tell Us About Your Pain" pain scales and facts about opioid pain medicines.

There are many different types of pain. This tool can help you describe your pain so we can help you manage it.

This handout explains what patients and families can expect from the palliative care service at UWMC. The UWMC Palliative Care Team offers extra support and comfort for patients and families living with cancer. The Palliative Care team attends to all aspects of the patient’s well-being. This includes their emotional and spiritual needs, and what they value most.

This CareMap gives timelines for the steps patients most often follow when having a pancreaticoduodenectomy, also called a whipple procedure, where part or all of the pancreas and the duodenum are removed. The CareMap starts before surgery with a pre-op testing and medicine instructions, and finishes on day 5 after surgery, when most patients are ready to leave the hospital. It includes activity guidelines and dietary restrictions, and well as teaching sessions and other important steps in recovery and follow-up.

This handout explains what to expect, how to prepare, and how to plan for recovery from abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) or panniculectomy surgery.

This handout explains what a paraesophageal hernia is, its symptoms, and how it is diagnosed and treated. It includes details about what to expect before and after surgery to repair your hernia.

This handout explains a parathyroid scan, a nuclear medicine procedure used to diagnose problems with the parathyroid gland. It includes how to prepare for the scan, how it works, how it is done, what the patient may feel during the scan, and how to get the results.

University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) provides 1 parking pass per day to patients who have a hospital stay of 15 days or longer. This one-page handout answers questions about these parking passes, who can use the pass, and how to get them.