Yellowstone Surgery Center provides outpatient services where you are not 'admitted' and you typically go home the same day that you visited the surgery center.
Diet & Medication Guidelines Procedure FAQs Anesthesia Information
We want to help educate our patients so they feel more confident about their procedure, and what is to be expected after they leave our care.
Depending on your procedure, all or some of these items may be a potential risk. Please ask your nurse any questions you may have about the below topics before you go home.
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This information is only if you had a foley catheter inserted
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Stop Germs! Stay Healthy! Wash Your Hands. Information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
For more details on handwashing, visit www.cdc.gov/handwashing
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Compression Stockings help improve your blood flow and can lessen pain and swelling in your legs. They can also lower your chances of getting deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a kind of blood clot, and other circulation problems.
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An unrecognized blood clot could break away from the vein and travel to the lungs.
18 years and older
Due to COVID-19, Yellowstone Surgery Center is currently allowing only one visitor per patient to stay in the building.
Younger than 18
A parent or legal guardian must stay in the building at all times. Yellowstone Surgery Center prefers one, however, we will allow for two.
Masks
If you have a mask, please wear it during your time at Yellowstone Surgery Center. If you do not have a mask, Yellowstone Surgery Center will provide one.
Testing
A COVID-19 test will be required prior to elective surgery and pain procedures. This will be arranged through your Surgeons office.