Preparing for Surgery
Please Note: You will receive a call from the hospital or surgery center 1-2 days prior to the surgery date with instructions regarding check-in time, eating & drinking guidelines, and any other relevant information.
IMPORTANT
If your child is on blood thinners (Coumadin, Aspirin, etc.) or anti-inflammatory medications, you may need to discontinue them prior to surgery. Please check with your primary physician or prescribing provider.
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Your child will need to have a pre-operative exam (history and physical) done by your pediatrician or family doctor. This must be done within 30 days of surgery, unless otherwise instructed. We want to make sure your child is free of infections and physically healthy enough to undergo the procedure.
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If your child is having any surgery involving the kidneys, bladder, or urethra, a preoperative urinalysis and urine culture are needed 7-10 days before surgery. Your surgery scheduler will notify you if this is needed and information about it will be included in the surgery paperwork from Pediatric Surgical Associates. 7-10 days is needed to allow time to receive results and begin treatment if an infection is identified. The surgery may be canceled if this is completed outside of this timeframe.
Most other surgeries we perform do not require any preoperative lab work, but if anything else is needed this will be stated in the surgery paperwork from Pediatric Surgical Associates.
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You will receive a call from the hospital or surgery facility few days prior to surgery date to clarify the check in time and the eating and drinking guidelines.
Please remember to carefully read the NPO (nothing by mouth) guidelines that you will receive. It is very important that your child have nothing to eat or drink before receiving anesthesia. If there is anything in the stomach, there is a chance your child could vomit and aspirate into the lungs.
Surgery will be cancelled if the NPO guidelines are not followed.
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