Every surgical procedure comes with specific instructions, before and after it. If you follow them, you will most likely have a good recovery process. 

Below you will find all you need to know for pre-care and after-care instructions.

PRE-OPERATIVE CARE

• Before any procedure is performed, We must ensure there is no risks to having it done. For this, we ask patients to fill out their Clinical Record, and  if there is anything  that could potentially threaten their health, they must inform the surgeon in their consultation.

• Pre-operative lab tests such as Complete Blood Count (CBC), Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT), Prothrombin Time (PT) and Bleeding Time. Patients over 40 years old will also have to get Liver Function Tests such as the alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), albumin, and bilirubin test. an EKG and a Chest X-Ray.

These must be done approximately 1 week before surgery.

• Instructions such as 3 weeks before and 3 weeks after surgery – No Aspirin or products that may contain Aspirin (read more here); No Nicotine, No Multivitamins, Vitamin E and D. As they react as blood thinners and may increase the risk of bleeding more easily while in surgery.

POST-OPERATIVE CARE / FOLLOW-UP

APPOINTMENTS, PICTURES AND VIDEO

Appropriate follow-up care can help reduce the risk of complications after surgery and support recovery process.

The number of follow-up appointments required depends on the surgical procedure done. Our patients are typically seen the day after surgery, at 3-5 days, at 8-10 days, at 3 weeks, 6 weeks and 3 months.

In case patients cannot stay in Cancun throughout their entire recovery process, it is very important that they keep in touch with their patient coordinator and/or personal concierge and send pictures and/or videos documenting their recovery process.

The first month it is mandatory to send pictures at least every week.

Patients must contact us if they are experiencing complications or their recovery is not going well. Dr. Carmona is more than happy to give his feedback anytime.

DISCLAIMER

Every patient is responsible for the after-care once discharged from the hospital. You have to contact us to follow up on your recovery process and if there is any complication, doubt or persisting discomfort, you must contact our office right away.

Patients who try Medical Tourism, all over the world, are responsible and entitled to send After-surgery pictures, The first month it is mandatory to send follow-up pictures every week, then every 2 weeks for the following 2 months.

If  the pre-operative and post-operative follow-up instructions are ignored and Patients should have any complications during the first 3 months, the guarantee of Dr. Carmona’s work will not be valid anymore.