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Planned surgery (also known as elective surgery) refers to planned surgical procedures that can be booked in advance.

Ask your doctor or surgeon about the benefits, risks and possible side effects of surgery.

Ear correction surgery, or otoplasty, is usually done to move prominent ears closer to the head or to reduce the size of large ears.

Information about surgery and links to fact sheets about anaesthetic and types of surgery by body system.

Obesity surgery is an effective, durable, evidence-based treatment for severe obesity and its associated health problems.

Day surgery, also known as same-day surgery, is performed when a patient can be safely discharged from hospital on the same day they are admitted.

Brain surgery is performed for a number of reasons, including alterations in brain tissue, brain blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid.

Rhinoplasty may be performed for cosmetic reasons or to correct a structural problem.

Hair transplant surgery involves taking skin from parts of the scalp where hair is growing and grafting it to the thinning or bald areas, or areas of trauma.

Eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, aims to improve the appearance of the upper eyelids, lower eyelids or both.