Walk-through
Your surgery day, step by step
Knowing what happens next is one of the best comforts. Follow the day from the week before to the drive home.
Every plan is individual. This is a general outline, and your own written instructions always take priority.
Questions to ask at your consultation
Preparation guide
Music and ambience
Final pre-op review
The week before. Your team confirms the plan, reviews medications and answers last questions. Fill in your welcome form if you have not already, and choose your music.
Fasting and rest
Quiet evening. Follow the written fasting and medication instructions you were given. Prepare comfortable clothes, arrange your ride home and a responsible adult to stay with you.
Check-in and a calm first minutes
Welcome. You are welcomed, your identity and procedure are confirmed, and you review the plan one more time with your surgeon and anesthesiologist.
Meet your anesthesiologist
Your plan, spoken aloud. Your anesthesiologist confirms your health history, your preferences from the welcome form and the agreed level of anesthesia. This is the moment to say what would make you feel safe.
Positioning, monitors and music
Settling in. Standard monitors, which typically include heart rhythm, blood pressure and oxygen, are placed. Your music starts. You are positioned for comfort, with blankets and pillows.
Local anesthesia and, if planned, light sedation
Comfort first. Numbing medicine is placed in the treated area. You may feel pinches or pressure at first. Tell the team how you feel; adjustments can be made.
Your anesthesiologist stays with you
Your surgeon at work. While your surgeon operates, your anesthesiologist monitors you continuously and adjusts comfort as needed. If the plan needs to change, for example to deeper sedation or general anesthesia, it will be explained to you.
Rest, then home
Afterwards. You rest while your team checks your comfort and recovery. You receive written instructions, medications and an after-hours phone number, and a responsible adult takes you home.
Follow-up
The next days. Your team follows up as scheduled. Call us with any concern, and call 911 in an emergency.