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Pre-operative Guidelines For Patients Who
Will Be Receiving Surgical Care Under Local Anesthesia
For your convenience and comfort, your surgery will be performed utilizing
local anesthetics. The following guidelines are offered to aid your understanding
of the process and how you might be better prepared for it.
1. Take your usual prescribed medications as well as those that have
been prescribed for you in preparation for your surgery. Do not take
any aspirin or aspirin containing medications for at least three days
prior to your surgery.
2. Advise us of any medications your are taking,
even over-the-counter drugs. Please do not take any medicines without
the doctor’s knowledge
and approval.
3. Do not have anything to eat for at least 1 hour prior
to your appointment. It is O.K. to have small amounts of clear liquids,
but refrain from coffee
or tea.
4. Do not drink any alcoholic beverages the day of your appointment.
5.
Wear loose, comfortable clothing.
6. Please arrive promptly for your
appointment. Late arrival may necessitate rescheduling your surgery.
Allow for the usual heavy traffic in
planning your departure from home or work so that you can arrive
on time.
If you are early, the staff will welcome the opportunity to help
you relax
before
your surgery.
7. Normally, patients are capable of driving themselves
home after this type of procedure. But if your appointment is much
longer
than an hour
in duration and you have some doubt about how you might feel
after your surgery, you may prefer to have someone escort you
home.
8. If any disturbances or problems should develop after
you leave, you should call our office immediately. Parents or guardians
of young patients
should observe them upon returning home and call us immediately
if disturbances or problems should develop.
9. It is strongly
recommended that after your surgical appointment, you go home and relax
for a few hours. Remaining sedentary
as well as the
use of a small ice pack on your face can significantly
enhance your comfort. Heavy physical activity shortly after your
surgery can cause
complications
and pain.
10. Please notify us if you develop a cold, sore
throat, cough, stuffy nose or fever or any other illness during
the days prior
to your
surgical appointment. If rescheduling your appointment
becomes necessary, we
would like to have as much advance notice as possible.
Please do not wait until
the day before, or the day of your surgery to notify
us, thinking that you might get better. Our office commonly
starts preparing
items for
your surgery several days in advance, so the lead time
related to possible rescheduling can be important.
If you have any questions after reading these guidelines, please do
not hesitate to call us for clarification at 972-333-6374.
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