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Before you leave the center, you will be given written instructions for your care at home.

After you have returned home, be sure to follow your doctor's orders regarding diet, rest, medication and activity. By the next day you should be back to your normal diet. It is not unusual to feel a little sleepy, lightheaded or dizzy for several hours after your operation. Do not sign any important papers or make any significant decisions for at least 24 hours.

If you have any questions or problems after surgery, please contact your doctor.

Do not drive a car, smoke, drink alcoholic beverages, operate machinery or cook for 24 hours after surgery.

General Post-Operative Instructions
You will need someone to take you home from the Surgery Center following your surgery. Most patients are in the recovery room for approximately 60 minutes following surgery and are then ready for discharge. You should have someone stay with you for the first 24 hours after your surgery.
You will need to rest on the day of surgery. On the following day you may do those activities that you feel able to do OR AS INSTRUCTED BY YOUR DOCTOR.
If you have had anesthesia or sedation you may feel dizzy, light-headed or sleepy for 12 to 24 hours after your surgery. This is perfectly normal. You should not drive, operate any mechanical or electrical devices, drink any alcohol or make any important decisions for 24 hours. After a general anesthetic it is normal to feel a generalized aching and to have sore muscles for 24 to 48 hours, A sore throat may also occur.
You may resume your diet gradually beginning with liquids and progressing as you feel ready.
You will need to get your pain medication prescription filled as soon as possible after surgery if you have not done so before surgery. There is no pharmacy in the Surgery Center.
You will need to keep any dressing you may have clean and dry for however long your doctor prescribes. Plan your activities of daily living after surgery with this in mind.
If surgery was done on arms or legs you will need to keep the extremity elevated. Make sure you have enough pillows to accomplish this.
You may be required to intermittently put ice on your surgical site. Be sure to have ice (or frozen peas or corn) available.
 

  Printable Instructions – PDF Format
CRUTCH SAFETY
POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOWING UROLOGIC PROCEDURES
GENERAL POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS KNEE - ARTHROSCOPY
GENERAL POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS - SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY
INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR POST PROCEDURE PAIN MANAGEMENT
POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOOT/ANKLE SURGERY
POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS SOMNOPLASTY TREATMENT FOR OBSTRUCTIVE TONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY
POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS – UPPER EXTREMITY NERVE BLOCKS FOR POST-OP PAIN
 

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