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otomy
cutting into (temp)
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rrhaphy
repair/surgical suture
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ostomy
creating an opening (longer use)
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resection
removal of a section
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anatomosis
sewing back together
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Preoperative Phase of Surgery
- As soon as pt decides to have sugery
- Assesment of physical, psychological, and social state
- Physical prep for sugery (NPO, shaving, medication)
- Pt education and teaching
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Intraoperative Phase of Surgery
- Continuing assessment
- Safety and privacy
- Infection prevention
- Promotion of healing (bandages, positioning, etc)
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Postoperative Phase of Sugery
- Assessment of physical and psychological changes
- Interventions to prevent complications
- Promotion of healing
- Promotion of comfort and return to normal activitiy
- "Moving back toward normal"
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