Adult circumcision
Recovery pathway also availableAdult circumcision — understanding the procedure, preparing for it, and recovering afterwards.
The portfolio
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Each procedure below is a complete, accessibility-first pathway — the same approved clinical information your team already uses, delivered to patients at their own pace. The catalogue is split the way the surgical journey is: before surgery in Polaris, and through recovery in The Compass. Many procedures have both. Below the catalogue sits a second shelf: pathway templates, which a clinical team forks and signs as their own.
Open walkthroughs
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Two open walkthroughs — no sign-up, nothing to install. The structure is the real product; the clinical content in them is a worked example.
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Polaris — a pre-operative pathway: phased progress, and the named clinician sign-off shown to the patient.
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The Compass — one card per recovery day: what’s normal today, why, and exactly when to call.
Before surgery · Polaris
Pre-operative pathways22 procedures
Understanding the operation, the options and every material risk — paced, in standard and easy-read, with the named clinician’s sign-off shown to the patient.
Urology
Prepucioplasty & frenuloplasty
Recovery pathway also availableForeskin-preserving alternatives to circumcision — the pre-operative and recovery pathway.
Hydrocelectomy
Recovery pathway also availableSurgical repair of a hydrocele — full pre-operative and recovery pathway.
Flexible cystoscopy
Recovery pathway also availableA camera examination of the bladder under local anaesthetic — what to expect, before and after.
Rigid cystoscopy (diagnostic)
Recovery pathway also availableA diagnostic bladder examination under anaesthetic — the pre-op and recovery pathway.
Rigid cystoscopy with biopsy
Recovery pathway also availableA bladder examination with tissue sampling under anaesthetic — before and after.
Transperineal prostate biopsy
Recovery pathway also availableSampling the prostate through the skin — preparing for the appointment, and the days that follow.
Testicular prosthesis
Recovery pathway also availableInsertion of a testicular implant — preparing for surgery, and the recovery afterwards.
Transurethral resection of a bladder tumour (TURBT)
Recovery pathway also availableRemoval of a bladder tumour through the urethra — preparing for it, and the days after.
Vasectomy
Recovery pathway also availableVasectomy — deciding, preparing, and the recovery paced day by day afterwards.
Epididymal cyst removal
Recovery pathway also availableRemoval of an epididymal cyst — understanding the operation, and recovering from it.
Optical urethrotomy
Recovery pathway also availableTreatment for a narrowing of the urethra — understanding it, preparing, and the catheter afterwards.
Ureteric stent (JJ stent)
Recovery pathway also availableHaving a ureteric stent placed — why it is needed, living with it, and how it comes out.
Keyhole kidney stone surgery (PCNL)
Keyhole surgery for larger kidney stones — understanding the operation and preparing for it.
Excision of a benign scrotal lesion
Recovery pathway also availableRemoval of a benign lump from the scrotal skin — preparing for the procedure, and the recovery afterwards.
Andrology & fertility
Microsurgical varicocele correction
Recovery pathway also availableSubinguinal microsurgical correction of a varicocele — the full pre-operative and recovery pathway.
Surgical sperm retrieval
Surgical retrieval of sperm for fertility treatment — the pre-operative preparation pathway.
Orchidopexy (fixing a testis in position)
An operation to hold a testis in the right position — understanding it, and preparing for the day.
Penile implant (penile prosthesis)
Recovery pathway also availableA penile implant for erectile dysfunction — preparing for surgery, and the recovery day by day.
Sperm granuloma excision
Recovery pathway also availableRemoval of a sperm granuloma — preparing for surgery, and the first days of recovery.
Intracavernosal injection (ICI) therapy
Learning to use intracavernosal injection therapy — understanding it and starting treatment with confidence.
Gender-affirming surgery
Top surgery (masculinising chest surgery)
Masculinising chest surgery / gender-affirming mastectomy — understanding the techniques and preparing for surgery.
After surgery · The Compass
Recovery pathways23 procedures
Each post-operative day has its own guide: what is normal today, what to do, and exactly when to seek help — paced along the patient’s own surgery date.
Urology
Adult circumcision
Pre-operative pathway also availableAdult circumcision — understanding the procedure, preparing for it, and recovering afterwards.
Prepucioplasty & frenuloplasty
Pre-operative pathway also availableForeskin-preserving alternatives to circumcision — the pre-operative and recovery pathway.
Hydrocelectomy
Pre-operative pathway also availableSurgical repair of a hydrocele — full pre-operative and recovery pathway.
Flexible cystoscopy
Pre-operative pathway also availableA camera examination of the bladder under local anaesthetic — what to expect, before and after.
Rigid cystoscopy (diagnostic)
Pre-operative pathway also availableA diagnostic bladder examination under anaesthetic — the pre-op and recovery pathway.
Rigid cystoscopy with biopsy
Pre-operative pathway also availableA bladder examination with tissue sampling under anaesthetic — before and after.
Transperineal prostate biopsy
Pre-operative pathway also availableSampling the prostate through the skin — preparing for the appointment, and the days that follow.
Testicular prosthesis
Pre-operative pathway also availableInsertion of a testicular implant — preparing for surgery, and the recovery afterwards.
Transurethral resection of a bladder tumour (TURBT)
Pre-operative pathway also availableRemoval of a bladder tumour through the urethra — preparing for it, and the days after.
Vasectomy
Pre-operative pathway also availableVasectomy — deciding, preparing, and the recovery paced day by day afterwards.
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)
Recovering from a TURP — plain-English guidance through the weeks after surgery.
Epididymal cyst removal
Pre-operative pathway also availableRemoval of an epididymal cyst — understanding the operation, and recovering from it.
Optical urethrotomy
Pre-operative pathway also availableTreatment for a narrowing of the urethra — understanding it, preparing, and the catheter afterwards.
Ureteric stent (JJ stent)
Pre-operative pathway also availableHaving a ureteric stent placed — why it is needed, living with it, and how it comes out.
Shockwave treatment for kidney stones (ESWL)
Recovering after shockwave treatment for a kidney stone — paced day by day.
Orchidectomy (removal of a testicle)
Recovering after removal of a testicle — wound care, activity and support, day by day.
Excision of a benign scrotal lesion
Pre-operative pathway also availableRemoval of a benign lump from the scrotal skin — preparing for the procedure, and the recovery afterwards.
Andrology & fertility
Microsurgical varicocele correction
Pre-operative pathway also availableSubinguinal microsurgical correction of a varicocele — the full pre-operative and recovery pathway.
Penile implant (penile prosthesis)
Pre-operative pathway also availableA penile implant for erectile dysfunction — preparing for surgery, and the recovery day by day.
Micro-TESE (microsurgical sperm extraction)
Recovering after micro-TESE — what to expect in the days following the procedure.
Testicular sperm extraction (TESE)
Recovering after testicular sperm extraction — what to expect in the days that follow.
Sperm granuloma excision
Pre-operative pathway also availableRemoval of a sperm granuloma — preparing for surgery, and the first days of recovery.
Penile straightening surgery (Peyronie's disease)
Straightening surgery for penile curvature (Peyronie's disease) — the recovery paced day by day.
Start from a draft · Pathway templates
Pathway templates9 templates across 9 procedures
A second shelf, in a different register. Templates are starting material, not finished pathways: nobody has signed them off, and they carry questions their author deliberately left open — the things only your practice can answer. A clinician reads the whole template first, then forks it: the copy lands in their own drafts, the open questions come to them at sign-off, and the pathway goes live under their own signature.
Most templates carry both halves of the journey — a Polaris pre-operative pathway and a Compass recovery pathway. Each card says which halves it holds today, read from the catalogue itself rather than from this page.
General surgery
Appendicectomy (removal of the appendix)
UnsignedBefore surgery onlyRemoval of the appendix — the operation explained, and the days after it.
Haemorrhoid surgery
UnsignedBefore surgery onlySurgery for haemorrhoids — what is involved, and what recovery asks of a patient.
Inguinal hernia repair
UnsignedBefore surgery onlyRepair of a groin hernia — preparing for the day, and returning to normal activity.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
UnsignedBefore surgery onlyKeyhole removal of the gallbladder — the operation, and the recovery that follows.
Trauma & orthopaedic surgery
Knee arthroscopy (meniscal surgery and ACL reconstruction)
UnsignedBefore surgery onlyKeyhole knee surgery — what it involves, and the staged return to movement.
Rotator cuff repair and subacromial decompression
UnsignedBefore surgery onlyShoulder repair — the operation, and a recovery paced around the sling.
Total knee replacement
UnsignedBefore surgery onlyReplacing the knee joint — preparing for surgery, and the rehabilitation that follows.
Total hip replacement
UnsignedBefore surgery onlyReplacing the hip joint — preparing for surgery, and the weeks that follow.
Urology
Robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy
UnsignedBefore surgery onlyRobotic removal of the prostate — the operation, its trade-offs, and recovery.
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