What is the Outpatient Surgery Unit Patient and Family Information Form?

Interventions that allow the patient to be discharged on the same day of surgery are called day surgery.
The hospital stay of patients covers a short period of 1-6 hours after the surgery.
Come to the pediatric surgery clinic with your child at the time given to you 1 day before the surgery. Your child does not need to come with an empty stomach on this visit. Bring your child's blood test results and previous tests with you. If your child has a known chronic disease, bring the consultation notes of the relevant department.
Your patient will be examined by pediatric surgeons and anesthesiologists and you will be told the time of arrival to the hospital on the morning of the surgery.
Having the patient bathed and nails cut the night before the surgery reduces the risk of infection after surgery.

Solid food, formula, solid candy and gum are not given starting from midnight before the surgery. Clear liquids such as water and apple juice can be given until 2 hours before the surgery time. Babies under 12 months of age who are exclusively breastfed can be fed until 4 hours before the surgery.
When coming to the surgery, there should be no nail polish on the nails, and no metal jewelry such as earrings or rings.
When you come to the surgery, it would be appropriate to bring your child's favorite toys and similar objects, a book or coloring book that he can read while waiting, comfortable clothes such as pajamas, slippers and personal cleaning products.
After the patient leaves the surgery, it will be appropriate to bring your child's favorite toys and similar objects, a book or coloring book that he can read while waiting, comfortable clothes such as pajamas, slippers and personal cleaning products.
After the patient recovers from the surgery, it will be appropriate to bring your child's favorite toys and similar objects. In the unit, vital signs, bleeding, nausea-vomiting and consciousness are evaluated, and surgery-specific monitoring is performed. Depending on the type of anesthesia and surgery the patient receives, he or she may stay in the day surgery unit for an average of 2-4 hours.

Usually after 2 hours, the patient starts to eat liquid foods. The patient's dressing is checked, his prescription is arranged, a follow-up appointment is given and he is discharged.
According to the type of surgery performed, painkillers should be given at regular intervals, especially in the first 24 hours. Pain may continue to decrease in the first 3 days. You must come to the outpatient clinic check-up within 24 -48 hours.
Patients may have a temporary sore throat due to anesthesia. This is a normal situation.
It is also normal to experience an increase in body temperature, shivering and feeling cold due to dehydration in the first 24 hours after the surgery. Body temperature is expected to decrease in the days following the surgery. It is beneficial for the patient to drink plenty of fluids. If the body temperature does not return to normal 24 hours after the surgery, investigation is required. Contact us.

Very severe headaches may usually occur after epidural and spinal anesthesia. The anesthetized patient must drink plenty of fluids, rest in a supine position and take painkillers for the first 3 days to relieve the headache.
After the surgery, problems such as nausea and vomiting, inability to pass gas, appetite changes and stomach bloating may occur. Nausea and vomiting is one of the most common problems that occur after surgery, after pain. It is usually a temporary condition.
Patients who receive general anesthesia may experience speech, memory, attention and sleep problems after the surgery.
Male patients who receive spinal or epidural anesthesia during the surgery may experience difficulty and pain in urination after the surgery, while women may experience urinary incontinence.

The patient may develop muscle, back pain and fatigue after the surgery due to the patient being given muscle relaxant medication and lying in the same position on the operating table for a long time. Although it is usually very severe in the first 12 hours, it gradually decreases and returns to normal after 24 hours.