Preoperative

Complete fasting for at least 8 hours (no liquids, solids, or pasty foods) before surgery. Do not chew gum 8 hours before surgery.

If you take medication for high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, or tranquilizers, you should continue taking them until the day of surgery, with 5 ml of water. For any other chronic medication, follow the instructions provided by your attending physician.

Discontinue aspirin (AAS) and anti-inflammatory drugs 10 days before surgery.

Discontinue weight-loss formulas 20 days before surgery.

Bring to the hospital only personal items such as slippers, toothbrush, and toothpaste.

Do not wear makeup, nail polish, hair clips or pins, contact lenses, prostheses, jewelry, piercings, powder, creams, or perfume, and do not arrive at the hospital with wet hair.

Arrive at the hospital 1 hour and 30 minutes before the scheduled surgery time, bringing all laboratory tests, X-rays, ultrasounds, CT/MRI scans, electrocardiograms, and others, as well as the informed consent form (ICF), read, described, discussed, and signed during the preoperative medical consultation.

If you have a cold, flu, fever, or cough in the week prior to surgery, schedule a follow-up appointment with your attending physician to be evaluated and confirm whether the surgery can proceed.

Even if already admitted, if the anesthesiologist determines that the patient is not in optimal condition for anesthesia—due to pulmonary secretions, fever, cough, hypertensive crisis, or insufficient preoperative tests—the surgery will be immediately canceled due to high risk.

For patients using health insurance, it may be necessary to bring a pre-authorized referral form, with a password or protocol number, for admission. Please verify this in advance to avoid last-minute issues that could lead to surgery cancellation.

If more than one surgery is scheduled on the same day, the order of surgeries may change. Priority is given to children (youngest first), then the elderly, and lastly young adults. Another reason for order change is if one patient is already prepared for surgery while another is still resolving admission issues.

After surgery, the patient will go to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). Only after being fully recovered, alert, and stable, will the patient return to their room or be discharged.

Right after surgery, either the attending physician or the anesthesiologist will speak with a family member to explain how the surgery went and provide postoperative instructions. Therefore, a family member must stay at the hospital.

At discharge, the patient must be accompanied by a responsible person and should not drive home.

If any unforeseen event occurs and the patient does not get admitted, please notify the attending physician immediately