ELBOW ARTHROSCOPY
Print a copy: Post-operative Care Instructions
Contact our office during office hours or go to your GP or the EMERGENCY room if:
CHECK LIST:
□ Prescription ____________________________________
□ Physiotherapy □ Patient Choice □ Other ________
□ Self Physio
FOLLOW UP: If you are unsure where your follow up appointment is, please call our office to confirm at: 778-547-6091
□ Family Doctor: 10-14 days post-surgery (patient to make appointment) for sutures and wound check.
□ Dr. Jackson:
Location: □ Ortho Cast Clinic - Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre, 2nd Floor (9750 140th St. Surrey, BC)
□ Office - 13737 96th Avenue, Surrey, BC
□ Call for Appointment: 778-547-6091
X-Ray: □ NO □ YES Views: _____________________________________________
Note: All “forms” (workplace, WCB, ICBC, etc.) should be dropped off at the office. There is a charge. Allow 3 weeks for completion.
Print a copy: Post-operative Care Instructions
- Do not remove splint/ dressing for the first 72 hours.
- Remove dressing after 72 hours. Replace with clean dry dressing. It is OK to bathe wound after 72 hours.
- Keep extremity elevated above the level of the heart for 3-4 days.
- Ice the extremity (20 minutes at a time) for the first few days to reduce swelling.
- Do not use a sling.
- Rest the extremity on pillows and while sleeping.
- Take Advil, Tylenol, or Tylenol #3's as tolerated for extra pain control (do not combine Tylenol and Tylenol #3's at the same time)
Contact our office during office hours or go to your GP or the EMERGENCY room if:
- You have unbearable pain, not controlled with the above methods.
- You have ongoing drainage after 48 hours.
- You have increased swelling and redness tracking up the extremity.
- You develop a high fever in the first few days after surgery.
CHECK LIST:
□ Prescription ____________________________________
□ Physiotherapy □ Patient Choice □ Other ________
□ Self Physio
FOLLOW UP: If you are unsure where your follow up appointment is, please call our office to confirm at: 778-547-6091
□ Family Doctor: 10-14 days post-surgery (patient to make appointment) for sutures and wound check.
□ Dr. Jackson:
Location: □ Ortho Cast Clinic - Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre, 2nd Floor (9750 140th St. Surrey, BC)
□ Office - 13737 96th Avenue, Surrey, BC
□ Call for Appointment: 778-547-6091
X-Ray: □ NO □ YES Views: _____________________________________________
Note: All “forms” (workplace, WCB, ICBC, etc.) should be dropped off at the office. There is a charge. Allow 3 weeks for completion.