Learn more about your procedure

WDMH has many resources available to support you before, during and after surgery.

General Information | Anesthesia | Surgical Procedures

General Information

• Complications of Surgery
• Healthy benefits of quitting smoking
• Ottawa Heart Institute Quit Smoking Program
  
• Stop on the Net smoking cessation program
• How to care for your drain
• Preoperative and Postoperative 
• What should I eat post-surgery?
• Low-Fat Diet Brochure

Anesthesia

• Information Sheet
• How smoking causes breathing problems during surgery
• Epidurals < coming soon >
• Epidural Steroid Injection
• Managing Pain – Patient-Controlled Analgesia
  
• Sleep Apnea Post-Op Instructions < coming soon >

Surgical Procedures

• Breast Surgery < coming soon >
  
• Dental < coming soon >
  
• Ear, Nose & Throat
• What should I eat post-surgery?
  
• Endoscopy
• Colonoscopy and Polypectomy 
• Bowel Preparation using PEG 4-litre laxative        
• Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy 
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy 

• Eye Surgery
• Preparing for Your Cataract Surgery < coming soon >
  
• Gynecological Surgery 
• Discharge Instructions
  
• Hernia
• Hernia Repair
• Bowel Surgery Guide
  
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Appendectomy
• Appendectomy 
• Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 
  
• Plastics
•  Abdominoplasty 
• Urology < coming soon >