Post-Operative Recovery
You will remain in the recovery area for about one hour, or as long as it takes for you to awaken and your vital signs to stabilize.
Once you are stable and awake enough to leave the recovery area, you are taken to your inpatient room or to the Phase II outpatient area. Your family may join you at this time.
If your surgery is outpatient, you will continue to be monitored in the Phase II recovery area for 30 minutes to 1 hour. There, your vital signs and pain levels will continue to be monitored, as well as your incisions checked. At this time, we also want you to eat and drink something prior to going home. Your nurse will also give you and your family member/friend post-operative instructions during this time.
