What can I expect during the hospital stay?
On the morning of surgery, report to the Admission Department at the main entrance of the hospital.
- You will be taken from there to the pre-operative area where the nurses will prepare you for surgery.
- Your family can accompany you to the pre-operative area
- Your family can wait in the surgical waiting area while you proceed to the operating room
In the operating room:
- The anesthesia team will prepare you for surgery and will administer anesthesia
- Anesthesia may be spinal anesthesia or general anesthesia
- Your surgical team will inject numbing medication around your joint that will help substantially with your pain relief after the surgery
- Once your surgery is complete the surgical team will speak with your family to review the procedure
Recovery room:
- After the surgery you will be transported to the recovery room
- You will be there approximately one to one and a half hours before you are transferred to the Orthopaedic unit
Orthopaedic unit:
- Once you're in the Orthopaedic unit, the nurses will provide you pain medications, monitor your progress, provide eating instructions, and address any other needs
- A physician assistant monitors the progress of patients in the hospital and helps with discharge planning.
- You will also see the orthopaedic residents and your surgeon on a daily basis