The Day of Surgery

We ask that you arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the appointment to review your paperwork. Please remember to bring any medical records, x-rays, and/or MRI films that pertain to your condition and a list of your current medications. This information is vital to the services we are to provide.

• Be sure to wear loose-fitting clothes. Don't wear any makeup, hairspray, prefume, or nail polish.
  
  
• Leave jewelry, credit cards, rings, watches, and other valuables at home.
  
  
• Bring any test results you have and your insurance forms and card.
  
  
• If your child is having surgery, bring a favorite toy or blanket along.
  
  
• When you arrive at the hospital or surgery center, you'll be asked to read and sign a surgery consent form, if you haven't done so already.
  
  
• You'll be given a band with your name on it to wear on your wrist.
  
  
• You'll change into a hospital gown. You may be asked to remove contact lenses, hearing aids, or dentures.

Going to Surgery
A bed or a wheelchair may be used to bring you to surgery. You may go to a holding area first or right to the operating room.

Anesthesia
Anesthesia is medication that keeps you from feeling pain during surgery. Your anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist may talk to you. He or she will explain the anesthesia you'll have and ask about your medical history. There are 3 types of anesthesia:

• Regional anesthesia - numbs one region of your body
  
• Monitored sedation - makes you drowsy or lightly asleep.
  
• General anesthesia makes you completely asleep.

With your consent we will give your billing information to these providers. Please, direct any questions that you have about these services to the appropriate provider's office. Our staff can assist you if you need to contact these providers.