| POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS |
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| “What
to expect after your surgery” |
| (AFTER YOUR SURGERY) |
| DIET: |
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Eat clear liquids
such as jello, broth, or juices (no soda or carbonated
beverages) until you are regularly passing gas without
difficulty or until you have a good bowel movement.
You may then resume a regular diet. Avoiding gas-producing
foods, such as beans and broccoli is still recommended.
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| ACTIVITY LEVEL: |
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It is good for
you to walk around. |
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Do not sit in one place for
long periods of time |
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When you
do sit you may benefit from sitting on a donut
shaped pillow since the area Dr. Fagin worked
on is right where you sit. |
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Absolutely no biking, motorcycling,
or horseback riding for 4 weeks. |
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You can do as much walking
and stair climbing as you can tolerate. |
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You may take a shower 48 hours
after surgery. No tub baths, swimming or hot tubs
for four weeks after surgery. |
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Do not drive while taking pain
medications. |
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| SKIN INTEGRITY: |
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You will have 5
port sites (small incisions that Dr. Fagin performs
the surgery through) that will have steri-strips
(small pieces of tape) and Band-Aids over them.
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Band-Aids may
come off in 48 hours. Steri-strips may also come
off as early as 48 hours post-surgery or they may
stay in place until you are seen in clinic. |
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Once your dressings
are off, it is not uncommon to have a very small
amount of drainage from where your dressings were.
There are no staples or stitches to be taken out.
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It is normal to
have some bruising of the skin on your abdominal
wall. This can develop anywhere from 1-5 days out
from surgery. Although it can look scary it is rarely
anything to worry about and resolves in a few weeks.
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| URINARY CATHETER
(also called a Foley catheter): |
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During surgery
you will have a urinary catheter placed in your
bladder. A urinary catheter is a tube carrying urine
from your bladder to the outside of your body into
a bag. This urinary catheter will stay in place
for about 8 days to aid in the initial healing process
where the bladder was sewn to the urethra |
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There is a balloon
on the end of the catheter that prevents it from
falling out of the penis. At home, the catheter
should drain into a large bag. When you want to
go out, you can wear a smaller bag under your pant
leg. A separate information sheet in this packet
details the care of this catheter. |
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Putting antibiotic
ointment (ie. Neosporin) on the tip of your penis
a few times a day while the catheter is in place
can help to reduce the discomfort at the tip of
the penis that some patients experience. |
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It is normal
to have urine leak around the catheter as well as
through it so be sure to wear pads in your underwear
even with the catheter in place |
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It is also normal,
especially as you become more active, to have so
blood in the urine. If you see blood in the urine
be sure to hydrate yourself well to flush any clots
out. |
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| CLOTHING: |
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After surgery, your
abdomen may be bloated and it will be difficult
to fit into your regular button pants. It is recommended
that you wear pants with elastic waist for comfort. |
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