Patient Education

Before Your
Surgery

Pre-Operative Instructions

LIABILITY NOTICE: Because of the seriousness of surgery scheduling in regard to available time and space at the surgical center and the daily schedules of the doctors, a $200 cancellation fee will be charged directly to your account for all cancellations less than 72 hours before your surgery.

Before Your Surgery:

• Lab Work: All your necessary lab work must be completed prior to the day of surgery. Alabama ENT and Medplex Outpatient Surgery Center Preoperative Services will inform you of what needs to be done and when it is due.

• Paperwork: All necessary forms required by Medplex Outpatient Surgical Center must be completed prior to your surgery.

• Transportation: Make sure that you have made arrangements for someone to drive you home after your surgery. Someone should be present in the waiting room during your procedure.

• Fasting: You should have nothing to eat or drink after midnight, unless specifically stated by your surgeon.

• Additional Costs & Insurance: Be sure to check with your insurance company regarding coverage for fees such as surgery center fees, anesthesiology, pathology and laboratory charges that may be in addition to the surgery fee for Alabama ENT. Your best source of information for which extra fees will be involved and their costs is the Medplex Outpatient Surgical Center (205-985-4398).

• Arrival Time: Someone from Medplex will call you the day before your surgery to tell you what time to arrive. If you have not heard from them by 10:00 a.m. the day before your surgery, call them at 985-4398.

• Hygiene: Cleanse your face and wash your hair the night before or the morning of your surgery.

• Do Not Take 2 Weeks Prior to Surgery: Ibuprophen, Aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Aleve, Goody’s Powders, Vitamin E, blood modifiers/thinners, antiflatulent agents, appetite suppressants, or the following herbal products: ginger, feverfew, garlic, gingko-biloba, or white willow bark. Also see the Alabama ENT Educational Handout, “Using Medications Safely” on this website for a more thorough list of herbal products and nutritional supplements that should be avoided before and after surgery.