Patient Information

Patient Experience: Surgery

Preparing for your first appointment

Our Gynecologic Oncology Program surgeons perform more than 1,000 major surgeries each year. To learn more about many of the procedures performed here, please visit the links attached below.

• Post-operative instructions: Following gynecologic oncology surgery
• Bowel preparation
• Cervical cone biopsy
• Dilation and curettage
• Hysterectomy
• Laparoscopy
• Laser therapy
• Supra pubic tubes
• Temporary drain care
• Vulvar cancer surgery

For information on the procedures listed below, please visit the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology's Web site, where you can download PDF documents about the procedures.

• Bacterial vaginosis
• Loop electro excision procedure (LEEP)
• Patient education for mucopurulent cervicitis
• Patient education for yeast infections
• Trichomoniasis
• What women should know about HPV and cervical health
• HPV testing - Is it for me?
• Patient education on HIV and AIDS
• Smoking and your pap test

For patients having surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, please download the Gynecologic Surgery Planner.