Time in surgery varies depending on the procedure you are having. In addition to time spent in the actual procedure, patients are in the operating room for approximately 45 additional minutes for anesthetic induction before, and recovery after, the operation.
When the operation is completed, your physician will meet with relatives or friends in the surgical waiting area to give them a progress report.
You will wake up in the recovery room where you will be kept comfortable. You cannot be visited in the recovery room, but can be visited as soon as you get to your room. You will be in the recovery room for one to two hours.
When you arrive in your hospital room your vital signs will be monitored, a nursing assessment will be completed and you will begin your post surgical recovery. You recovery plan will depend on the type of surgery you have had.