Surgery is an important treatment to cure cancer. Over half of cancer patients are operated. Surgical treatment means that cancer tumor removed by surgery. If the cancer tumor is limited and has not spread, it can sometimes be removed in its entirety. When not restricted, provided the patients a combination therapy.

Combination therapy involves chemotherapy and / or radiation is given first, to reduce tumor size before surgery. In some cases, be given chemotherapy and / or radiation afterwards, to reduce the risk of the disease coming back.

Before surgery

The preparation must be done before the operation depends on the nature of the procedure. In some cases, you must clear the bowel before surgery. This will let you know and help of staff at the hospital.

In connection with the operation you will receive general anesthesia. You will be informed of how long you will be fixed and what precautions you should take. You get to talk to anesthesia doctor before the operation, and it is in that context is important that you give your doctor some information. For example:-if you use drugs, have you had anesthesia before and you have experienced complications associated with it.

The evening before the operation showers, and possibly cut (shaved) operation field.

After surgery

If you've been to a very brief intervention, such as. examination of the urinary tract, rectum or gynecological examination, you will be driven straight back to your room. In other cases, you'll be a while on the postoperative / intensive care unit to be monitored. You can wake up the connected equipment differ depending on which procedure you have been through.

It is important that you notify the staff if you experience having pain after surgery. After the procedure should not the body is exposed to additional stress because of pain, so it is important that you say before the pain gets too bad.

You might be surprised how quickly they will have you going again after the operation. The reason for this is that the risk of blood clots and pneumonia increases when you lie passive in bed for a long time.

It is important that you are active, by doing breathing exercises and try to eat after the personnel manual. It might be good to just relax after the operation, but a balanced training will be to ensure that you get faster after surgery.

It is not unusual with a psychological reaction after surgery. Such a "downturn" is usually 3-5 days after surgery. We can not explain why this often happens, but it might be nice to be prepared in case you experience such a reaction.