Theme | Subtheme |
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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.