Pre-operative preparation
Preparation stages may vary depending on the surgery to be performed. Basically, blood tests are performed on patients applying for surgery. If these results do not prevent surgery or require correction before surgery, the patient is referred to the anesthesia clinic. The anesthesiologist evaluates the patient as to whether there is any harm in receiving anesthesia. The evaluation of a patient without comorbidities ends here and anesthesia approval is obtained in approximately half a day. If there are diseases such as diabetes, hypertension or if medication is used constantly, recommendations are received from relevant departments such as Internal Medicine and Cardiology regarding the precautions to be taken during anesthesia. The patient is then given an appointment for surgery.
The patient is asked to come to the General Surgery Clinic hungry at 8:00 in the morning of the appointment day. In operations requiring bowel cleansing, the patient may need to be admitted a few days before. In other operations, the patient is hospitalized on the day of surgery and the patient, whose procedures are completed and prepared, is sent to the operating room accompanied by a nurse.
Post-operative follow-up
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At the end of the surgery, all patients are taken to the recovery unit, their pain is relieved and they are expected to wake up. Patients who come to him are transferred to the General Surgery service, accompanied by a nurse. Especially elderly patients and patients with comorbidities are kept in intensive care for the first night so that they can be monitored more closely. A few hours after the surgery, patients are walked and if the intestines have not been intervened, they begin to eat liquid foods on the evening of the surgery. Patients who do not have any comorbidities, are young, and do not require close monitoring are taken to their rooms accompanied by their own companions. They are also allowed to walk and feed in the early period.
Patients are discharged the next day after procedures such as inguinal hernia repair and gallbladder surgery. Unless otherwise stated by the physician, the wounds that are covered with a dressing at discharge are removed 3 days after the surgery, leaving the wound open, and patients are recommended to take a bath. Stitches can be removed after 10-12 days. The first control examination of the patients is performed 1 week after the surgery. before the surgery Depending on the patient's characteristics, the physician informs the patient whether there are additional control examinations.
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