Decision Points about surgery

Decision Points are designed to guide you through key health decisions, combining medical information with your personal information to make a wise health decision. Click on a link below to learn more about surgeries for your condition:

Achilles tendon rupture

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair

Aortic valve replacement for stenosis

Banking blood before surgery

Blocked tear duct

Breast cancer

Breast reconstruction after a mastectomy

Bunions

Carotid endarterectomy

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Cataracts

Chronic fluid behind the eardrum

Circumcision

Dupuytren's disease

Endometriosis

Gallstone attacks

GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)

Hammer, claw, or mallet toes

Heart disease (coronary artery bypass graft surgery)

Heart valve replacement types

Hemorrhoids

Herniated disc

Hip replacement

Infertility

Inguinal hernia

Knee replacement

Meniscus tear

Miscarriage

Nearsightedness

Obesity

Obstructive sleep apnea

Ovarian cancer prevention

Pelvic organ prolapse

Peripheral arterial disease

Plantar fasciitis

Prostate cancer

Prostate enlargement (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH)

Rotator cuff disorders

Scoliosis

Shoulder replacement

Sinusitis

Spinal stenosis

Stable angina

Temporomandibular disorder

Tennis elbow

Tonsillitis

Tubal infertility

Ulcerative colitis

Umbilical hernias in children

Urinary incontinence in women

Uterine fibroids

Varicose veins

Warts or plantar warts

Wisdom tooth removal