SAGES Patient Information Brochures

The SAGES Educational Resources Committee has developed these patient information brochures to assist surgeons in preparing their patients for surgery. Given the variations in technique, SAGES has designed these patient handouts to describe the most commonly performed techniques:

• Laparoscopic Anti-Reflux Surgery
• Laparoscopic Colon Resection
• Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
• Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
• Upper Endoscopy
• Laparoscopic Surgery for Severe Obesity
• Laparoscopic Adrenal Gland Removal
• Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal
• Laparoscopic Spleen Removal
• Colonoscopy
• Laparoscopic Appendectomy
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Laparoscopic Spine Surgery

Click on an image to see an example page from the brochure.