Surgery Health information topics about Surgery: Children 1. Preparing Your Child for the Hospital and Surgery Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/surgery/hosp_surgery.html 2. Preparing for Your Child's Surgery and Anesth American Association of Nurse Anesthetists http://www.aana.com/patients/parents_role.asp 3. My Trip to the Hospital Coloring Book American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/patientEducation/MyTrip.pdf 4. What Is a Pediatric Surgeon? American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/yourhealth/pedsurg.pdf 5. What Happens in the Operating Room? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/places/or.html Directories 1. Find an Interventional Radiologist Society of Interventional Radiology http://directory.sirweb.org/eseries/scriptcontent/index_members_search.cfm 2. Find an Orthopaedist American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www6.aaos.org/memdir/public/memdir.asp 3. Fellowship Database (Membership Directory) American College of Surgeons http://web3.facs.org/acsdir/default.cfm 4. AAHKS Doctor Locator American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons http://www.aahks.org/index.asp/fuseaction/patients.locator Nutrition 1. Nutrition Guidelines to Improve Healing Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2100/2169.asp?index=... Organizations 1. American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/ 2. Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/ 3. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www.aaos.org/ 4. American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstruct http://www.aafprs.org/ 5. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons http://ascrs.affiniscape.com/ Overviews 1. Preparing for Surgery American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZJ9B5Q97C&sub_... 2. Surgery Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec25/ch301/ch301a.html 3. Quick Tips - When Planning for Surgery Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/quicktips/tipsurgery.htm Related Issues 1. How to Use an Incentive Spirometer after Surgery Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0239.asp?index=... 2. What Will Your Operation Cost? American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/operation/what.html 3. Surgery and Insomnia Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0200/0207.asp?index=... 4. Should You Seek Consultation (Second Opinion)? American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/operation/consult.html 5. Questions To Ask Your Doctor Before You Have Surge Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/surgery.htm 6. Drain and Suture Line Care for Wounds Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2200/2205.asp?index=... 7. Getting a Second Opinion Before Surgery: Your Choi Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/02173.pdf 8. Giving Your Informed Consent American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/operation/consent.html 9. Herbal Supplements and Surgery: What You Need to K Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00040 10. Incision Care American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/095.xml 11. Looking for a Qualified Surgeon American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/public_info/yourhealth/findadoc.html 12. Pain Control: What You Need to Know Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3300/3309.asp?index=... 13. Caring for Sutures (Stitches) Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3300/3331.asp?index=... Research 1. Platelet Function after Taking Ibuprofen for 1 Wee American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/7/I-54 Seniors 1. Considering Surgery? National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/surgery.asp Specific Conditions 1. Laparoscopic Surgery Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons http://www.sls.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3294 2. Interventional Radiology Is 21st Century Medicine Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/whatIsAnIR.shtml 3. Arthroscopy American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/brochure/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=33&topcategory=... 4. Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery: Neurosurgery without a S Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00736 5. Cryotherapy American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/interventional/cryo.htm 6. Ambulatory Surgery: Frequently Asked Questions Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia http://www.sambahq.org/patient-info/faqs.html 7. Understanding Laser Surgery American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZHXQJK3XC&sub_... Statistics 1. FASTATS: Inpatient Surgery National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/insurg.htm Teenagers 1. What's It Like to Have Surgery? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/question/health_basics/having_sugery.html   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! Health News Yahoo! Health News 'Record births' after New Zealand quake A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.0 earthquake that rocked New Zealand this weekend, hospital officials said on Monday. 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