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• Complications of a gastrectomy

  Find out about the possible complications of a gastrectomy operation and how they are treated.

• Preparing for weight loss surgery

  Find out how to prepare for weight loss surgery to make sure the operation and recovery goes well.

• Staying in hospital as an inpatient

  If you have been referred to hospital for an operation or test and you need to stay overnight, it means you're being treated as an inpatient.

• What is a hip replacement?

  Read a short summary of the key facts about hip replacements, including a video about what the operation involves.

• How a heart valve replacement is done

  Find out about mechanical and tissue heart valves and the different types of heart valve replacement surgery.

• Recovery

  You'll usually be able to leave hospital the same day, or the following day after a planned (elective) coronary angioplasty.

• MRI scan

  Find out about why MRI scans are done and what happens before, during and after the scan.

• What is a carotid endarterectomy?

  Find out about a carotid endarterectomy, which is an operation to remove a build-up of fatty deposits from a carotid artery.

• How an abortion is done

  Find out about what happens when you have a medical abortion or a surgical abortion.

• Preparing for a knee replacement

  Find out how to prepare for a knee replacement operation to make sure your recovery goes well.