1. What should I do once I know the date of my proposed surgery? Make an appointment with your treating team physician to sign, then notify your family to come to the hospital to sign the surgery information document, and make up your hospital deposit in time. 2.What should I know before the surgery? What documents should I sign? You should understand the diagnosis of your condition, the mode of surgery, the risks of surgery and anesthesia, the possible complications of surgery and the prognosis, etc. After understanding the above, you should carefully read and sign 4-5 documents such as the consent form for surgery, the consent form for anesthesia, the consent form for blood transfusion, the consent form for special consumables at your own expense, and the consent form for pathological frozen section examination. 3.What is the general preparation before surgery? The patient should wash hair, take a bath and change clean clothes as much as possible before surgery; the diet before surgery should be light and easy to digest, preferably a semi-liquid or liquid diet, for example, thin porridge, soup, etc., while some enteral nutrition preparations can be added; the morning of the day before surgery, the nurse will help you clean the skin of the surgical area, shave the hair in the surgical area, and conduct antibiotic and anesthetic allergy tests; the night before surgery, the bowel is usually irrigated. If you are too nervous to sleep at night, you may take a Valium tablet to help you sleep. You should abstain from food and water on the day of surgery. Depending on the situation, a gastric tube or urinary catheter may be left in place before surgery. If you have dentures, jewelry, watches, glasses and other valuables, please do not bring them into the operating room. 4.How do family members wait for news about the operation when the patient is operated? Family members can usually wait in the ward. When the surgery is completed, your treatment team physician will return to the department to explain the surgery to the family. If there is any new information that needs to be communicated to the family during the operation, the nurse will come to the ward to inform them. The family can take the elevator to the 12th floor outside the operating room and ask the operating room staff to inform the surgeon. 5.What should the family members (companions) do after the patient’s surgery? Do the psychological comfort and ideological work of the patient, enhance the patient’s confidence to overcome the disease, assist the patient in daily life care and give feedback to the doctor about the patient’s condition. Help to protect the wound when the patient coughs. Assist nursing staff to prevent dislodgement of gastric tube, urinary catheter and drainage tube. 6.How should the diet be regulated after surgery? The diet should be regulated regularly after surgery, and should not be rushed, so as not to affect the effect of surgery and increase unnecessary pain. The general rule is: clear flow (warm water)? Liquid (rice soup)? Semi-fluid (thin porridge, noodles, etc.)? Plain food. The decision is usually based on the surgery, the recovery of gastrointestinal function after surgery and the patient’s self-perception. After simple laparoscopic cholecystectomy, rest for 3 to 4 hours back in the ward, and after basic awakening from anesthesia, a small amount of liquid or semi-liquid diet can be eaten; most people can have a general diet the next day. Eating after open hepatobiliary, pancreatic and splenic surgery should be done after the recovery of gastrointestinal function, which is usually 48 to 72 hours after surgery, and may take 4 to 5 days or more in individual cases. It should be strictly in accordance with “clear fluid? Fluid? Semi-fluid? The specific dietary arrangement should be decided according to the surgery, post-operative recovery and self-consciousness, and the doctor will inform you in detail. 7.What should I do if there is a change in the patient’s condition or if I need to find a doctor? First report to the nurse on duty and ask the nurse on duty to help you inform your treatment team physician; if the treatment team physician is not in the ward on holidays or late at night, the nurse will usually inform the physician on duty that day to deal with the situation, and if necessary, the physician on duty will contact your treatment team physician. 8.How can I know the medical expenses incurred during the patient’s hospitalization? The office nurse of the department will print out the total cost incurred by you every day. If you have any questions, you can ask the office nurse. You can also ask the checkout office to print out the detailed account during your hospitalization after you are discharged from the hospital.