Your Surgery Journey: Patient Guide

Resources

Eating and drinking before surgery: Patient instruction handouts

For patients without diabetes:

For patients with diabetes:

All patients - When to stop eating and drinking before surgery:

Easy reference timetable

Videos

To see more videos about surgery, go to the Before and after surgery video library.

Surgery information

Types of surgeries

Whipple surgery for pancreatic cancer

For more information on care before and after surgery, and different types of surgery, go to Patient Care Handouts, and click on Before and after surgery and Adult in the list.

Discharge and home

Current as of: October 7, 2022

Author: Surgery Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services

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