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Surgery / Operations
UK sources of information
Royal College of Surgeons
This is a professional organisation but there is a section on their website dedicated to patients. There you can find some answers to questions on surgeons, operations and types of surgery including cosmetic surgery. You can also find guides to further sources of information.
The Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain & Ireland
Has a patient information section with factsheets on:
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA)
- Aortic Aneurysm - The Operation explained
- Aorto-bifemoral and axillo-bifemoral bypass grafting
- Arteriogram & Angioplasty
- Leg Amputations
- Arteriogram & Angioplasty
- Carotid Disease - General Information
- Carotid Endarterectomy - The Operation explained
- Chronic Venous Ulcer
- Femoropopliteal and Femorodistal Bypass - The Operation Explained
- Hyperhydrosis & Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy
- Intermittent Claudication
- Leg Amputations
- Lymphodema
- Raynauds, Scleroderma
- Renal Angiogram and Angioplasty - The procedure explained
- Transient Ischaemic Attacks
- Varicose Veins - General Information
- Varicose veins The Operation explained
- Venous Thrombosis & Air Travel
British Society for Surgery of the Hand
Website of The British Society for Surgery of the Hand which gives information leaflets on various hand surgery procedures.
Vascular and General Surgery Patient Information
Website with patient information written by a consultant surgeon in the UK. Includes information about various operations.
PPP Healthcare
Information about private healthcare but their website has information about a range of conditions and surgical procedures.
BUPA
Information about private healthcare but their website has information about a range of conditions and surgical procedures.
King's College Hospital
Their patient information section has many leaflets on various operations and procedures.
Also, see the Patient UK:
- tests and investigations page
- plastic surgery page
- orthopaedic page
Also, a European site with hundreds of links to many types of surgical procedure is the Karolinska Institutet University Library
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
Disclaimer: Patient UK has no control of the content of the above links. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by Patient UK.
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Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
A-Z of UK Guidelines
A-Z of Online Videos
Medline
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