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21 November, 2009
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  If you need to go to hospital, reliable information can help reduce the stress and anxiety. Being a patient can be confusing. It will help if you learn about the different operations, medical procedures and medical tests. You can also find tips on how to talk to your doctor or nurse. Find out what happens in an emergency department, during day surgery, and during recovery.

You and your doctor

  • Doctors - how to choose one
  • Doctors - how to complain
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  • Complaints about health services
  • Health information on the Internet

    • Tests

    X-rays and scans | Reproductive system | Pregnancy and childbirth | Other | A to Z

    Tests - X-rays and scans
  • Barium meal
  • Breast implants and mammograms
  • Breast screening
  • Breast x-ray screening
  • Intravenous urography
  • Mammography
  • MRI scan
  • PET scan
  • Ultrasound scan

    • Tests - Reproductive system
  • Pap smear register
  • Pap test abnormalities
  • Pap tests - Q & A
  • Pap tests after hysterectomy
  • Pap tests and older women
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  • Pap tests and women with disabilities
  • Pap tests explained
  • Pap tests for all women
  • Prostate cancer and the PSA test
  • Prostate cancer testing

    • Tests - Pregnancy and childbirth
  • Amniocentesis
  • Maternal serum screening
  • Newborn screening
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  • Phenylketonuria (PKU)
  • Pregnancy tests - chorionic villus sampling
  • Pregnancy tests - ultrasound

    • Tests - other
  • Allergy testing
  • Arthroscopy
  • Biopsy
  • Bone density testing
  • Colonoscopy
  • Coronary angiogram
  • Electrocardiogram
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  • Electroencephalogram
  • Endoscopy
  • Genetic testing for inherited cancer
  • Hearing tests explained
  • HIV testing
  • Laparoscopy
  • Laparotomy

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    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


    Medical procedures
  • Abortion procedures
  • Arthroscopy
  • Blood transfusion
  • Chemotherapy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Cosmetic treatments - injectable
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  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • Endoscopy
  • In vitro fertilisation (IVF)
  • Laparoscopy
  • Radiotherapy
  • Urinary catheterisation

    • Surgery

    General | Male | Female | Medical and surgical procedures A to Z

    Surgery - General
  • Adhesions
  • Appendicectomy
  • Brain surgery
  • Carpal tunnel operation
  • Cleft palate and cleft lip
  • Corneal transplantation and donation
  • Cosmetic surgery
  • Craniotomy
  • Day surgery and anaesthesia
  • Dermabrasion
  • Eyes - laser eye surgery
  • Gall bladder removal
  • General anaesthetics
  • Haemorrhoid surgery
  • Heart bypass surgery
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  • Knee replacement surgery
  • Laminectomy
  • Laparotomy
  • Liposuction
  • Obesity surgery
  • Quadriplegics - hand surgery
  • Rectal prolapse - surgical repair
  • Retinal detachment surgery
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Sclerotherapy - varicose and spider veins
  • Stoma after ileostomy or colostomy
  • Tonsillectomy
  • Tracheostomy
  • Varicose vein surgery

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    Surgery - Male
  • Circumcision - surgical procedures
  • Contraception - vasectomy
  • Prostatectomy - for cancer
  • Testicle injuries and conditions
  • Undescended testicles

    • Surgery - Female
  • Breast implants
  • Breast reconstruction and mastectomy
  • Caesarean section
  • Dilatation and curettage
  • Female sterilisation
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  • Hysterectomy - surgical procedures
  • Hysterectomy and endometriosis - Q & A
  • Myomectomy
  • Tubal ligation

    • Medical and surgical procedures - A to Z
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z



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    Ongoing treatment and recovery


  • Cancer pain management
  • Chemotherapy
  • Convalescence
  • Illness - tips to help you recover
  • Immunisation reactions
  • Infertility treatments - female
  • Infertility treatments - male
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  • Pain management
  • Palliative care - help for the terminally ill
  • Palliative care explained
  • Placebo effect
  • Plaster care
  • Pressure sores
  • Radiotherapy

    • Emergency department
  • Emergency department - what to expect
  • Abdominal pain in adults
  • Abdominal pain in children
  • Aneurysm
  • Appendicitis
  • Asthma
  • Bone fractures
  • Burns
  • Cerebral haemorrhage
  • Chest pain
  • Croup and bronchiolitis
  • Drug overdose
  • Eye injuries - flash burns
  • Eye injuries - foreign body in the eye
  • Fever - febrile convulsions
  • Fungi poisoning
  • Head injuries - first aid
  • Hypothermia
  • Meningitis
  • Meningococcal disease
  • Needlestick injury
  • Nosebleeds
  • Peritonitis
  • Poisoning - accidental
  • Septicaemia
  • Stroke - signs and symptoms
  • Stroke is a brain attack
  • Transient ischaemic attack
  • Viral encephalitis

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    Links

  • Having a baby in Victoria
  • Health Services Commissioner, Victoria
  • Maternal and Child Heath Care
  • Medicare Australia
  • Medicines Line (NPS Australia)
  • Private Health Insurance Administrative Council
  • Private hospitals, Victoria
  • Public hospitals, Victoria
  • Safer health care tips
  • Service directory
  • Talking with your doctor
  • Therapeutic Goods Administration
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