Explain My Surgery was created to disseminate information. Surgery can be a life altering decision and too many people enter the operating room ill prepared for the potential consequences of this decision and are often disappointed with the outcome. Patients may feel that their physician has not explained the risks and benefits of their upcoming procedure in a manner that is complete and understandable.

Explain My Surgery provides information in an easy, yet comprehensive format that hopefully will empower each patient to make an informed decision regarding their surgery and to have realistic expectations of the results. We do not attempt to enter the physician-patient relationship, but to augment it. Our purpose is neither to persuade nor dissuade the patient from having an operation; it is to open the avenue of communication between physician and patient so that trust can be achieved.