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Many Americans face surgery every year, both elective and in cases of emergency.
When facing surgery, patients should expect to go through several phases:
- surgical diagnosis
Surgical diagnosis is made after medical tests and evaluations reveal a condition requiring surgery.
- preoperative management
The preoperative management phase begins from the time surgery is decided to the point when the patient is brought to the operating room.
- intraoperative care
The intraoperative care phase lasts from the time the patient enters the operating room to when the patient goes to the recovery room.
- postoperative management
The postoperative management phase lasts from entry to the recovery room until follow-up clinical evaluation.
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