The morning of your surgery

For surgery scheduled at the main hospital, Hershey Medical Center:

• Report to the Admissions Department at the main entrance of the hospital
• You will be taken from there to the preoperative area where the nurses will prepare you for surgery
• Your family can accompany you to the preoperative area
• Your family can wait in the surgical waiting area while you proceed to the operating room

For surgery scheduled at the Hershey Outpatient Surgery Center (HOSC):

• Report to the check-in desk at the main entrance of HOSC, located at 15 Hope Drive, Hershey
• You will be taken from there to the preoperative area where the nurses will prepare you for surgery
  
• Your family will remain in the waiting room during your surgery. When appropriate, they will be allowed to visit you in the Recovery Room

In the operating room

• The anesthesia team will prepare you for surgery and administer general anesthesia
• Your surgical team will inject numbing medication around your joint that will help substantially with your pain relief after surgery

Once your surgery is complete, your surgeon will speak with your family and review the procedure.

In the recovery room - Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)

• After surgery you will be transported to the recovery room
• You will be there approximately 1 - 1.5 hours before you are discharged to go home