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Surgery is an operation to investigate or treat a disease or injury. Ask your surgeon to explain what you can expect and any risks involved. Take time to understand the information when deciding about surgery.
For consumer friendly overview of over 170 common surgical and related medical procedures, visit our surgical brochures page. These brochures include information on benefits, complications and recovery. An A-Z listing of all the brochures is also available.
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Topic: Heart and blood
Artificial cardiac pacemakers
A person with an artificial cardiac pacemaker can live a normal life and can still perform moderate to strenuous activities.
Heart bypass surgery
After heart bypass surgery, eat a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, wholegrain cereals and cold-water fish.
See also Surgical brochures - Heart and lungs
See also Surgical brochures - Vascular
