Moving Through The System
The following is a summary of the steps you will take if you need
to have a procedure performed in an operating room:
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Patient Information
– At the first appointment with your surgeon, you will
provide information such as your birth date, health insurance
number, and contact phone number. |
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Diagnostic Tests/Patient Assessment
– Your surgeon will order any diagnostic tests and will
go through a process of Assessing
Your Need. |
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Step 3: |
Informed Consent –
Your surgeon is responsible for providing you with all of
the care options available and explaining the benefits and
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surgical procedures. Because all surgeries
have risks associated with them, it is very important you
understand the possible outcomes. This is the best time to
ask your surgeon about the procedure. Please visit Questions
To Ask Your Doctor.
If you agree that surgery is required, your surgeon will
have you sign a consent form that will be forwarded to the
hospital. |
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Date of Surgery/Pre-surgery Information
- One to six weeks prior to your surgery, you will receive
a tentative date for surgery and be informed of the process
for arriving at the hospital. You may also be asked to provide
some pre-surgery information to determine whether you need
pre-surgery tests or consultations. Depending on the procedure,
you may also be asked to come to the hospital to attend some
training classes about your particular procedure and after
care. |
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Step 5: |
Pre-operative Tests –
Any tests that are required prior to your surgery will be
completed. |
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Step 6: |
 Length
of Stay in Hospital - You will have one the following
categories of surgery: |
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Day surgery – you arrive
at the hospital, have your surgery and after a short recovery
period return home on the same day; |
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Same day admit procedure
– you are admitted to hospital on the day of surgery
and stay in hospital for one or more nights; or |
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Inpatient procedure –
you are admitted to hospital prior to the day of surgery and
stay in hospital for one or more nights. |
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Step 7: |
Following your procedure, your
surgical care team will speak with you about your post-surgery
care, including any required medications, therapies, treatments
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An increasing number of less complicated procedures in Saskatchewan
are being done outside of operating rooms. The steps for these “outpatient”
procedures differ between individual facilities.
If you have any questions about whether your surgery will be done
in an operating room, questions about the process for “outpatient”
procedures, or concerns regarding the steps above please contact
your surgeon’s office or the Surgical
Care Co-ordinator/ Regional Contact
in the Region where you will be having your surgery.
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