Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
• Patients need to starve for 6 hours before surgery: this includes no food or drinks.
• You may take chronic medications on the day of surgery but HAVE to STOP any blood thinners including but not limited to:
Aspirin/Disprin/Ecotrin/Warfarin/Xarelto/Clopidogrel.
• If your theatre is planned for the morning, kindly be at the hospital by 06:00 to be admitted to the ward. This timing allows time for bloods/ecg and any other investigations, that may be required before your surgery, to be completed timeously.
• If theatre is planned for the afternoon, please try to be at the hospital by 10:00.
If you are unsure of anything, please do not hesitate to contact us for clarity.
We are contracted with most major medical aids, such as Discovery Classic and Keycare, Bankmed, Nedgroup and Momentum. We are also contracted with workman’s compensation (WCA), SANDF, and Polmed. However, we advise you to check what your medical aid will and won’t cover, as well as which orthopaedic practices it is affiliated with before scheduling an appointment.
A. Whilst some injuries can only be treated with surgery, there are a vast array of injuries that may have similar outcomes without surgery. Non operative management firstly begins with the patient understanding the pathology and clear endpoints at which a deviation to surgery may occur.
B. Non operative management components include: skillful neglect, bracing or plaster of paris application, or referral to Physiotherapists/biokineticists/chiropractors/occupational therapists.
Not all injuries/conditions require surgery. All orthopaedic surgeons are trained to distinguish cases that may heal well and allow the patient to return to normal functioning with non-operative care. Non-operative care, at times, is more taxing for surgeons, however it is the management that is in the patients’ best interests.
This depends on the injury and the severity of it. In general, you can expect a full recovery of around 6-9 months.
