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After heart bypass surgery, eat a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, wholegrain cereals and cold-water fish.

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

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

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 and links to fact sheets about the heart, heart disease and heart attacks.

Heart attack is an emergency. If you have warning signs of heart attack, get help fast. Call triple zero (000) and ask for an ambulance.

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.

Heart failure is a condition where the heart muscle doesn’t pump blood to the rest of the body as well as it should.

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