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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.

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

An enlarged heart isn't a condition in itself, but a symptom of an underlying problem that is causing the heart to work harder than normal.

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.

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