Framework including all themes and subthemes
| Theme | Subtheme |
|---|---|
| Benefits of surgery | |
| Preparing for surgery | Stopping smoking |
| Exercise | |
| Eating/diet | |
| Operative and perioperative details | What will happen on the day of surgery |
| The need for ITU availability for the operation to proceed | |
| The anaesthetic | |
| Methods of pain control | |
| Description of the operation | |
| Length of operation | |
| The need for tubes and drains | |
| The need to be nursed in intensive care | |
| The need for input from allied health professionals | |
| Approximate length of hospital stay | |
| In-hospital complications | Anastomotic leak |
| Chyle leak | |
| Respiratory complications | |
| Cardiac complications | |
| Voice changes | |
| Conduit ischaemia/necrosis | |
| Wound infection | |
| Bleeding | |
| DVT/PE | |
| Reoperation | |
| Return to ITU | |
| Inoperability | |
| Death | |
| Life after surgery | Pain |
| Fatigue | |
| Eating and drinking | |
| Nausea/vomiting | |
| Bowel dysfunction | |
| Reflux | |
| Dumping syndrome | |
| Continuing weight loss | |
| Return of dysphagia | |
| Physical function | |
| Emotional function | |
| Sexual function | |
| Role function | |
| Plans for follow-up | |
| Longer term outcomes | Discussion of further treatment |
| The potential for recurrence | |
| Survival |
DVT, deep vein thrombosis; ITU, intensive therapy unit; PE, pulmonary embolism.