Surgery Types

By Jennifer Heisler, RN, About.com Guide to Surgery

How long will you be under anesthesia? How many hours will the surgery take? What will the surgeon do exactly? Necessary or optional, emergency or planned, learning more about your surgical procedure can help make you more prepared for what's to come.

1. Surgeries A-E
2. Surgeries F-L
3. Surgeries M-Z

Surgeries A-E

An alphabetical listing of surgical procedures A through E

• Anesthesia In Detail
• Appendectomy
• Arthroscopy Joint Surgery
• Breast Surgeries From Cosmetic Procedures To Mastectomy

• Breast Lumpectomy Procedures
• Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
• Chest Tubes
• Emergency Surgery

Surgeries F-L

An alphabetical listing of surgical procedures F through L

• Gallbladder Surgery
• Gastric Bypass Surgery
• Heart Bypass Surgery
• Heart Surgery: Before, During & After

• Hernias From Diagnosis to Surgery and Recovery
• Hysterectomy: What You Need To Know
• Laparotomy Surgery

Surgeries M-Z

An alphabetical listing of surgical procedures M through Z

• Mastectomy Surgeries in Detail
• MAZE Heart Procedure
• Myringotomy-Surgery To Insert Ear Tubes
• Organ Donation
• Organ Transplants
• Plastic Surgery: Most Popular Procedures

• Splenectomy: Surgery to Remove the Spleen
• Thyroidectomy: Surgery To Remove The Thyroid
• Tonsillectomy In Depth
• Vasectomy
• Weight Loss Surgeries