A Comprehensive Overview of Your Planned Spine Procedure
Your Guide to a Better Recovery includes all the information you need for your upcoming spine procedure. It will help answer many of your questions and concerns and navigate through the various stages of your procedure.
Your Guide to a Better Recovery
PATIENT GUIDE
Table of Content
Preparing for your upcoming procedure:
Your Diet and Preparing for Surgery
- Preparing Your Home
- When you come to the hospital
- Day of Surgery
- Costs
- Anesthesia
- Operating Room
- After Surgery
- Cold Therapy
- Your treatment plan
- Deep Breathing
- Urinary Catheter
- Bowel Movement
- Preventing Blood Clots
- Leg Swelling
- Rehabilitation and Mobility after Spine Surgery
- The goal of physical therapy
- Beginning To Walk
- Precautions after spinal surgery:
- Sitting Position After Spinal Surgery
- Preparing to go home after surgery
- Medications for home use
- Bracing at home
- Dealing with constipation and inability to urinate
- Physical Activity at Home
- Activities of Daily Living
- Toileting
- Managing your symptoms
- Things to look out for
- Follow Up
- Conclusion
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