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Welcoming of the patients to the operating room | The beginning of the surgical procedure | Return to the ambulatory centre | Patient's discharge 2-3 hours later |
Videos of surgical procedures |
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90 % of our operations are done without hospitalisation (ambulatory protocol) and are carried out under pure local anaesthesia or assisted local anaesthesia (unless stipulated otherwise by the patient), in order to allow a fast exit. Operations, whether they are carried out by surgery or endo-venous laser, are minimally invasive (see photographs and films). Operations for repetitive cases and certain more complex operations can in the majority of the cases profit from an ambulatory protocol. When two legs are to be operated on in one session, the ambulatory protocol is not always applicable. It depends on the importance of the work to be carried out. In the operating room, an anaesthetist is always present and supervises the entire surgical procedure The surgical procedure and the immediate follow up are usually simple and not painful. Patients can leave 3 hours after the operation and after a visit from Dr. Gorny. He supervises this final phase, helping the patients to take their first steps. He also gives them all the documents they will need (regulations and booklet of recommendations for the week). Various circumstances can result in modifications to the procedure:
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