ACL Reconstruction Guidebook (2.2MB) - Dartmouth-Hitchcock

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12 What to Expect the Day of Surgery 1. You should plan to arrive at the DHMC Outpatient Surgery Center (OSC) at the time the nurse from Same Day Program gave you. The OSC is located on LaHaye Drive. From Route 120, turn onto LaHaye Drive (hospital entrance across from Centerra Marketplace). Go 4/10ths of a mile, through one set of stoplights. Turn right into the Outpatient Surgery Center parking lot. 2. For your safety, before the day of your surgery you must have arranged for a responsible adult to: ■ accompany you on the day of your surgery ■ remain on-site at the OSC throughout your stay there ■ provide transportation home after your surgery ■ remain with you for at least 24 hours after your surgery We will not be able to proceed with your surgery if these arrangements have not been made. 3. Once there, you will be asked to remove: ■ all jewelry except for your wedding band which can be taped to your finger (it is best to leave all jewelry at home, including body piercings) ■ dentures, partial plates, or retainers ■ contact lenses and eyeglasses ■ hair pieces ■ cosmetics and nail polish (it is best to remove these the night before) 4. You will be asked to put on a hospital gown. 5. A nurse will check your: ■ heart rate ■ blood pressure ■ temperature ■ breathing 6. A nurse will place an IV in your arm. This is usually removed after surgery, before you leave the hospital. 7. You may go over a permission form, or consent, with your surgeon if you did not do it already. 8. Your surgeon will mark the knee you are having reconstructed with a green marker. 9. An anesthesiologist will meet with you to discuss your options: ■ femoral nerve block for post-operative pain reduction, combined with general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia ■ general anesthesia: puts you to sleep completely ■ spinal anesthesia: medication injected into your back to make you numb from the waist down with the option of being completely awake or napping 10. After you decide on your type of anesthesia, a nurse will give you medication to help you relax and feel more comfortable. 11. You will then be taken to the operating room on a stretcher. 12. After you have been given anesthesia, a nurse may place a tube (known as a catheter) in your bladder. The catheter is removed before you are discharged from the hospital.
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