Admission, preparation for the operation and surgery procedure
CHECK LIST – items that you should bring to the hospital:
• dressing gown, underwear, socks
• tracksuit with wide opening for the foot, comfortable clothes
• comfortable shoes (possibly slippers, trainers) with non-slip rubber soles and a solid grip that are easy to put on (e.g. with Velcro), a long shoe horn
• toiletries
• any medication that you take regularly
• glasses / hearing aid / false teeth / walking aids (if relevant)
• diary and address book
• possibly reading material, laptop
- Back to hip-joint replacement
- Hip-joint patient
- When is the right time for an operation?
- Quality of life following an operation
- Complications
- The first days after the operation
- Hospital discharge and after-care
- Housekeeping and everyday life after the operation
- Movement and sport after the operation
You have made the decision with your surgeon and your relatives to undergo a hip-joint operation at Klinik Gut. The Klinik Gut has notified you of the time and date of your hospital admission. You are normally admitted to Klinik Gut one day before surgery to ensure that there is sufficient time for all the necessary examinations and a discussion with your anaesthetist and the surgery. Make sure that you have someone to drive you or accompany you to hospital. Report at reception or the patient admission desk. A member of staff will pick you up from there and take you to the ward or your room. The care staff will discuss all the details of your stay with you. On the evening before the operation, you can normally have a light dinner. On the day of surgery, you are not allowed to consume any more food, and possibly no more drink, to ensure that you have an empty stomach for the operation. You will be notified of this by the care staff however, as the operation itself also plays a role. Before the operation you will be given medication that has been prescribed by the anaesthetist. After you have taken this you are likely to feel somewhat tired. You will then be taken to the operating theatre in preparation for the anaesthesia, where you will be positioned on the operating table.
During the operation (whether this is under full or partial anaesthetic) you will not feel any pain. If the operation is being performed under partial (regional) anaesthetic, you have the option of listing to music over headphones or sleeping.