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PRE-OP INSTRUCTIONS
AN EMPTY STOMACH BEFORE SURGERY
For your protection, please do not eat or drink beginning 12:01 AM on the day of your scheduled operation. This includes water, breath mints, and chewing gum. This precaution minimizes adverse effects experienced from anesthesia (e.g. vomiting).
MEDICATIONS
If you are advised to take regularly scheduled medications such as blood pressure or cardiac medication, you should take it with only a sip of water on the morning of your operation. Do not take Aspirin or Ibuprofen products 10 days prior to surgery, since they interfere with the coagulation of the blood. This includes any non-steroidal and anti-inflammatory drugs. (Tylenol, however, is acceptable.)
LABORATORY and BLOOD TESTS
All pre-operative tests such as blood tests and an EKG must be completed prior to your operation. Please fax the reports to Dr. Li at least 2 weeks before your pre-operative consultation. If you have any cardiac history, a stress test or cardiology evaluation may be required.
DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL
The majority of the patients stay in the hospital 1-2 days after orthognathic surgery. Please be sure to make arrangements to have an adult drive you home from the hospital. (For your safety, taxi and shuttle transportation are not acceptable.)
DAY OF YOUR SURGERY
(Please read if you are scheduled for surgery at the Stanford University Hospital. If not, skip ahead to "Following Your Surgery".)
WHERE TO REPORT
Report to the Stanford Hospital Ambulatory Surgery Center.
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