Tests will vary, but may include blood and urine tests, an EKG for heart analysis, and a chest X-ray to determine if your lungs are safe for surgery and anesthesia. If you have had recent tests, please tell the pre-surgical nurse. Routine tests and procedures may be required to determine your state of health. At this time, you may also be scheduled to meet with other health care professionals. This nurse gathers information regarding your general health. To prepare you for surgery, a pre-surgical teaching nurse may meet with you or contact you by phone. Your doctor may ask you to quit taking some medications before your surgery. Discuss any medications you're currently taking and those you may have to take after surgery. Talk to Your DoctorĪsking your doctor what you should expect before, during and after your procedure will help immensely as you begin preparing for surgery. You should never hesitate to ask your physician, surgeon or the Allen staff any question you may have.
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Our pre-surgery and post-operative rooms have also been updated and are all private rooms for the comfort of patients and their family members.īefore surgery you'll meet with your doctor, discuss risks and benefits, pre-register and complete necessary tests and procedures. Patients are moved to and from the operating rooms through a separate corridor. The surgical suite has a sterile core providing a central storage environment keeping supplies and equipment within easy reach of staff. Through a high technology switching station, nurses access real-time images from endoscopic cameras, as well as stored digital images of x-rays, MRI and CT scans and can send the images to the screens located around the surgical table to meet the precise needs of the patient and surgeon. Operating like a high-tech command center, our operating rooms are equipped with digital imaging equipment and three flat-screen monitors suspended from the ceiling and one 42-inch monitor hung on the wall. The ceiling booms also contain electric power, medical gases and information cabling to create an integrated suite that contributes to the room's performance and operational efficiency. The nine state-of-the-art surgical rooms have moveable ceiling booms that hold equipment that would normally be placed on the floor which reduces clutter in the rooms. Our surgical facilities have been fully updated and feature leading-edge technology and integrated information technology systems.
If you agree with the surgeon that a surgical procedure is needed, the surgeon's office staff will contact our surgery scheduling department to schedule your procedure. The surgeon will then decide whether or not your condition would improve with a surgical procedure. If your family physician feels you would benefit from seeing a surgeon, he/she will refer you. It's always best to start with your family physician and let him/her make that decision. It's no wonder Allen is known as the best surgery center in Waterloo, caring for more surgery patients than any other area hospital. We're a Top 100 Hospital because we strive to give our patients the highest level of surgical care - the healthcare we'd like our loved ones to receive. We perform a wide range of procedures, surgical therapies and leading-edge techniques, such as robotic surgery, rapid recovery joint replacement and minimally invasive as well as open-heart surgery on patients throughout Waterloo and the Cedar Valley area.
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