What To Expect
Careful attention to the following instructions will help ensure your comfort and reduce the possibility of complications:
- Please arrive at the center one hour before your scheduled time unless otherwise directed by your physician.
- Please refer to the map of the facility to assure that you arrive in the proper place.
- Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the night before your surgery.
- Bathe or shower and brush your teeth (taking care not to swallow any water) the morning of surgery.
- Remove all mascara, nail polish, contacts and all body jewelry prior to your arrival.
- Please wear casual, loose-fitting clothes and shoes that are comfortable and easy to walk in.
- Refrain from smoking after 6 p.m. the day before your surgery.
- Arrange for an adult to accompany you to the center and stay with you for the duration of your stay. Please limit the number of people who accompany you to the center to ensure the comfort of all visitors.
- Arrange for an adult to drive you home for your own protection and safety. In the case of a child having surgery, it is best to have someone along with the driver to help care for the child on the trip home.
- If you suspect that you are pregnant, please notify your doctor and the anesthesia personnel.
- If you experience any health changes between your recent visit to your doctor and the day of your procedure, notify your doctor. Please report even minor changes such as an elevated temperature, cough or cold.
- If your child is having surgery, feel free to bring a favorite stuffed animal or security blanket. Children may be brought in wearing their pajamas.
- Diagnostic studies and lab work may be requested by your doctor's office or MountainView Regional Medical Center Surgery Center. The doctor's office will schedule these studies for you and discuss where they will be performed.
If we have not reached you two days prior to surgery to review your medical history, pre-operative instructions and financial arrangements, please call the center at (575) 532-3300.
After surgery, you will be moved to a recovery room where you will remain under close observation by the anesthesiologist, the recovery room nurses and staff until you are ready to go home. Although the length of the post-operative stay varies according to the type of procedure and your surgeon's instructions, most patients are discharged one to two hours after surgery. Your surgeon will provide post-operative instructions regarding diet, rest and medications.
For more information, please call:
(575) 532-3300
(575) 532-3313 (Fax)