Operations

It's important to maintain a healthy diet after any surgery, especially an organ transplant, such as a kidney transplant. Wounds need proper nutrition to help them heal, and the side effects of...

The toxins your body is exposed to not only make you sick but they also make you fat. They do this by interfering with your metabolism. Researchers point out that metabolism does not function...

Liver surgery is used to remove a part of the liver because of cancer. You will not be given food for two to three days after the surgery. Your diet will gradually increase to soft foods while you...

A surgeon performs colon resection surgery when colon cancer has grown into the colon. During the surgery, the doctor removes some of the healthy tissue surrounding the cancer as well. The type of...

Your gallbladder is a small organ that lies underneath your liver. Gallstones are small hard deposits that form inside your gallbladder. You can have gallstones and not know it. Sometimes...

Bowel resection is a surgery in which a portion of the intestine is removed. This is performed to remove a cancerous lesion or a diseased section of the intestine. The intestines are a crucial...

The gallbladder stores bile, which is a digestive liquid, and releases it after eating, but when it's not working correctly it sometimes must be removed. Gallbladder surgery can be performed with...

A total abdominal colectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the entire large intestine. After removal, the surgeons connect the small intestine directly to the rectum. The diet after a total...

After you've had a Caesarean section, you can follow certain diet tips to help you recover faster, and to lessen your pain during that recovery. These tips should be imparted to all expectant...