Recovery time and postoperative care will vary by the elective procedure performed. Patients should receive complete, written postoperative care instructions prior to returning home after surgery
Aftercare for colpotomy is associated with the overall surgery that required the colpotomy.
It may be either medically required (e.g., cataract surgery), or optional (e.g., breast augmentation or implant) surgery.
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Tom chose to have elective surgery to remove the warts on his had in September, after the family's summer holiday.When she asked her doctor about plastic surgery, he informed her that this elective procedure attracted certain risks that she should consider to inform her decision.
planned surgery (also called elective surgery )
No aftercare is required by patients who have chest x rays.
For simple procedures like appendectomy and gallbladder surgery, patients stay in the hospital the night of surgery and may require extra days in the hospital; but they usually go home the next day.
on either an elective or emergency basis. Elective surgery is defined as surgery that can be scheduled in advance and is not considered an emergency.
Most insurance companies consider laser eye surgery elective, however, there are some that will cover it minimully.
Success, morbidity, and mortality rates are also dependent on the elective procedure itself. A physician and/or surgeon should be able to provide a patient with statistical information on success rates for a specific elective surgery.
It is a surgery that is not considered critical for you to have at this time. Some surgeries, such as the removal of a gall bladder, would be considered elective (you choose whether or not you want it) if your symptoms come and go and you're doing pretty well. If you're having terrible pain and other complications, then it would no longer be elective. Other surgeries which are considered elective would be those for cosmetic reason, or for conditions for which there are other accepted treatments.
V58.78 Aftercare following surgery musculoskeletal system Not otherwise classified