From: The relationship between fear of surgery and affecting factors in surgical patients
Surgery classification | |
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Minor surgery (n = 150) | • In neurosurgery, general surgery, thoracic surgery, orthopedics and traumatology, urology services |
• Pleural surgeries, cholecystectomy, minor head trauma, minor cyst surgery, transurethral resection, hernia surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, thyroidectomy, colostomy closure, breast reconstruction, external fixator removal, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, etc | |
Major surgery (n = 150) | • In neurosurgery, general surgery, thoracic surgery, orthopedics and traumatology, urology services |
• Oncological surgeries, Whipple, total hip replacement, total knee replacement, fracture surgeries, prostatectomy, spinal surgery, mastectomy, cystectomy, pneumonectomy, spine surgery, gastrectomy, pancreatectomy, hepatectomy, etc |