From preparation to recovery, this guide takes readers through the different stages of many common operations, with each stage concisely presented and abundantly illustrated. Step-by-step descriptions of each operation have been specifically written for non-specialists, and the view-at-a-glance information panels make this a must-have medical reference. This is the ideal guide for patients preparing for an operation, those getting ready to care for a relative or friend postoperation, or for anyone with an interest in medicine and surgery. U.S. national and regional estimates on hospital use for all patients from the Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP) Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2007) were used to determine which operations were most common.
