Surgery Patient Information

Pre-Operative Medicine

You will need to make a list of the name of all your medications and their dosages that you are taking. This list should be given to Ron Fernau, our physician assistant and/or the hospital prior to surgery. You will be told which medications you may take the morning of surgery.

ALL MEDICATIONS THAT HAVE ASPIRIN IN THEM SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED 7-10 DAYS PRIOR TO SURGERY. THIS INCLUDES MANY OF THE ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES THAT PATIENTS ARE TAKING. SUBSTITUTIONS WILL BE GIVEN BY DR. JONES FOR SOME MEDICATIONS.

(LODINE AND RELAFEN ARE ALLOWED TO BE TAKEN UP UNTIL THE DAY PRIOR TO SURGERY)

All patients are asked to take vitamins prior to surgery and after surgery. This will help you with the healing process.

VITAMIN B COMPLEX
VITAMIN C 1000MG
VITAMIN E 400 IU
MULTI-VITAMIN TABLET
CITRACAL WITH VITAMIN D
1 DAILY
2 DAILY
1 DAILY
1 DAILY
2 DAILY

Any brand is ok-try and get as close to these amounts with whatever tablets you may take.

THE DAY PRIOR TO SURGERY PLEASE CALL 713-773-2273 AND SPEAK TO CHERYL AND VERIFY THE TIME YOU ARE TO BE AT THE HOSPITAL, AS IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

All times of surgery are approximate and some surgeries take longer than anticipated. We will do our best to make the waiting time between your arrival at the hospital and your surgery as short as possible. Occasionally there are delays because we want to give all of our patients the attention they deserve. (You would not want dr. Jones to hurry on your surgery, if you were the patient on the table so he can make time schedule.)