Preoperative tests are done prior to the admission. From the day we indicate surgery, a specific respiratory preparation will start, a diet to follow will be established and drugs to be administrated will be indicated.
If you take medication daily, the surgeon will tell you whether you should take it the morning before surgery with a sip of water. If you take aspirin, antiaggregate or arthritis medication, these drugs should be discontinued 5 days before surgery.
You will be hospitalized a few hours before surgery to be prepared for the preoperative procedure. The surgery will take between one and two hours, depending on the indicated technique. The anaesthetic and surgical preparation in the operating room and its exit procedure takes its time, so the patient’s family might have to wait for a while even if the actual time of the surgical procedure is short.
From the first postoperative day, the patient may be transferred to their room. In the first 24 postoperative hours the mobilization on the bed and on the couch will start. Within 48 postoperative hours fluid intake will start. If liquids are tolerated, the patient will be discharged, with precise indications on what should be eaten at home, what medication to take and when to return for a health examination.
During the admission surgeons will take care of you constantly, both in person and by telephone. You and your family will have the surgeon’s phone to ask him any questions or concerns.
The stitches will be removed in the consultation, 10 days after surgery.
From the intervention day until the first examination, liquid diet with nutritional complements will be taken. On the first examination in the consultation, the diet will be changed.
The examinations will be within 10 days, one month, three months, and every three months during the first year, and every six months during the second year. They will be alternated with surgeons, endocrinologists, and nutritionists depending on the needs of each patient.
In the successive check-ups, protocolled analytical controls will be performed, and nutritional advice appropriate to their characteristics will be given, exercises and skin care will be recommended to supplement surgery with a change in your lifestyle.