Preparation before surgery

1. Patients would be asked to sign the consent forms for surgery and anesthesia.
2. Collect patients’ blood and urine specimen for laboratory test including complete blood counts (CBC), biochemistry test, electrolyte and urinary analysis, and Chest X-ray and electrocardiogram (EKG) test.
3. Preparing for the general anesthesia, enema is generally required the operation. Patients would be asked to start fasting from midnight;  which means on wateror food intake water. In the morning of the surgery, our medical staffs would set up an intravenous line for you.
4. Since the operational wound is to be on the abdomen, our medical staff would assist patients to shave body hair from abdomen and perineum area before the operation.
5. Patients should practice taking deep breath and cough; once they are too afraid of taking a deep breath after the surgery, they might suffer from collapse of lung, which is the most common cause of fever after surgery.

Cautions after surgery

1. Soft food is highly recommended and do avoid food like beans, eggs, and dairy products.
2. Patients can use abdominal bondage for the benefits of turning their bodies, coughing, early off-bed activities, facilitating body recovery, and preventing venous embolism of lower limbs.
3. Keep your wound clean and dry. If there is discharge or bleeding from the wound, notify our medical staff; once the wound is painful, our medical staff could provide you with analgesic medication or intravenous pain control. Ask your doctors about the thing for having a shower.

Self-tending

1. Maintain a happy and joyful mood to aid recovery.
2. Come back to the out-patient department approximately one week after your discharged from the hospital or return as appointment assigned)
3. You should return to the hospital if any of the following conditions occurs:
   1. fever, up to 38 degree C
   2. severe lower abdominal pain
   3. abnormal discharge, redness, swelling, heat or pain on and around the operation wound
4. Within two months after discharge, you should avoid lifting objects weigh more than 5 kg and avoid overusing abdominal muscle.
5. Generally speaking, you may have normal sexual life after the surgery, do consult your doctors if necessary.