Preparing For Surgery
Our goal is to make your stay with us as pleasant as possible. If you have any questions, prior to your visit, please call the center at 562-795-5600.
Please fill-out and bring your Pre-Registration Paperwork to the office for your appointment.
Before Surgery:
- Our Surgical scheduler will review your insurance coverage and financial responsibilities to the Surgery Center. During this conversation, you will be apprised of any co-pays, deductibles, and co-insurance requirements due on the date of service based on your specific insurance plan coverage.
- A member of our staff will contact you prior to your surgery date to verify your appointment time and arrival, discuss pre-operative preparation instructions and answer any questions you may have.
- No food or water after midnight the day before your surgery. If you regularly take medications, including aspirin, ask your doctor if you should stop taking them prior to surgery. If you were told to take your medications on the day of surgery, please take them with no more than the amount of water needed to comfortably swallow the medication.
- Diabetic medications should be held off on the day of your surgery. We will manage your sugar at the Center. Please call us with any questions you may have.
- Do not drink alcohol for at least 12 hours prior to your arrival time.
- Do not smoke for 24 hours prior to surgery.
- If you notice any change in your health, including a scratchy throat, cold or fever please call your doctor and the center as soon as possible.
- If you are not able to keep your scheduled appointment, please call the center as early as possible.
- If the patient is a minor, at least one parent must stay on the premises at all times and must accompany the child home.
- You will NOT be able to drive, walk or take public transportation after sedation/anesthesia and your surgery. Please make advance arrangements to be driven home by a responsible adult.
Day of Surgery:
- Please arrive at the surgery center one hour prior to your scheduled surgery time unless instructed otherwise.
- Please bring your government issued I.D. credit card(s) and insurance card(s) and any co-pay or deductible amounts discussed during your conversation with surgery scheduler.
- Please remember to bring any necessary forms or information that have been requested, such as insurance information, COVID vaccination card, name and phone number of whom to contact about your condition, list of medications that you normally take, and the dosage (you may leave the medications at home).
- Please make arrangements in advance to have a responsible adult drive you home from the surgery center. You will be sedated or receive anesthesia during your visit, we cannot allow you to drive yourself home or take public transportation or taxis.
- Please plan to have a responsible adult stay with you at home after your surgery and throughout the night. This is a requirement of the facility and your surgery may have to be canceled if no arrangements for care have been made.
Other:
- Please do not wear jewelry or body piercing and do not bring money or items of value with you to surgery. We are not responsible for lost valuables.
- You should wear glasses instead of contacts or bring a contact lens container for storage during surgery.
- Please do not wear makeup, particularly mascara, the morning of your surgery.
- Because of special equipment that is used during surgery to check circulation, please do not wear nail polish.
- Please inform the nurse if you wear dentures, or a partial plate, or any other prosthesis. You may be asked to remove them before surgery.
- Please wear comfortable, loose clothing that can be easily removed and folded.
- It is best that you shower or bathe prior to your surgery, do not use lotions or powders.
