These surgical specialty association websites offer patient education:
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Surgery (all types)
American College of Surgeons
For Patients
FACS.org
Cardiothoracic
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Patient Guide to Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery
CTSurgeryPatients.org
Colon and Rectal
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
Patients
FASCRS.org
Dermatologic
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
ASDS.net
Endocrine
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Patient Education
EndocrineSurgery.org
Head and Neck
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
ENTHealth.org
Neurologic
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
AANS.en.org/Patients
Obstetric and Gynecologic
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Surgery
ACOG.org
Oncologic
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Cancer.net
Ophthalmologic
American Academy of Ophthalmology
AAO.org/eye-health
Oral and maxillofacial
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
MyOMS.org
Orthopedic
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
OrthoInfo.org
Pediatric
American Pediatric Surgical Association
Patient and Parent Education
PedSurgLibrary.com
Plastic
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
PlasticSurgery.org
Podiatric
American Podiatric Medical Association
Patients & The Public
APMA.org
Transplantation
American Society of Transplantation
Community Education
Power2Save.org
Urologic
American Urological Association
UrologyHealth.org
Vascular
Society for Vascular Surgery
Patients and Referring Physicians
Vascular.org
Reviewed August 2023