Breast Surgery
BREAST SURGERY USUALLY FALLS INTO TWO BROAD CATEGORIES Breast lesion surgery ( where a breast lump is being removed or in the case of cancer sometimes the breast is removed such as in a mastectomy). Sometimes these surgeries may include operating on the lymph nodes in the armpit as well. Reconstructive surgery where surgery is […]
Children’s Tonsillectomy
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE OPERATING RECOVERY AREA When your child is awake enough in Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) you will be asked to join them. It is common for your child to be agitated, upset and disoriented for a short while in recovery. This is due to a combination of factors such as […]
Safety of Anaesthesia
Anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand has never been safer for our patients. This is due to constant improvements in anaesthetists’ skills and knowledge, the development of increasingly effective monitoring and interventions, and the ongoing evaluation of outcomes. Safety of Anaesthesia: A review of anaesthesiarelated mortality reporting in Australia and New Zealand 2012-2014 is the […]
Reconstructive Breast Surgery
GENERALLY SPEAKING THERE ARE THREE MAJOR TYPES OF RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. Where an artificial prosthesis “implant” is used, frequently called “breast augmentation”. When muscles from your abdomen or chest wall are used to reconstruct the breast (TRAM and Latissimus Dorsi Flaps, DIEP). When breast tissue is removed to reduce the size of the breast. BEFORE YOU […]
Head and Neck Surgery
Before you go to sleep If you haven’t already met your anaesthetist you will meet them either on the ward or in the anaesthetic bay on the day of your surgery. At this stage if you have any concerns or worries about your operation or anaesthetic please let them know. Once in the anaesthetic bay […]
Fasting For Your Operation
Most of us enjoy our food and coffees ( your anaesthetists included), so fasting is never much fun. However there are good reasons why we require you or your child to fast before your operation. As you go off to sleep, the initial part of your anaesthetic we call “induction”, there is a chance that […]
Discharge Pain Relief
When you leave the hospital, you will be given prescriptions for pain relief. Often it is easier to get these made up at the hospital pharmacy so that you don’t have to go out again when you go home. Also, as often the prescriptions will be for “strong” pain relievers, hence the pharmacist may need […]
Anaesthetic Risks
To put things in perspective there is arguably no safer place in the world to have an anaesthetic than Australia. In terms of training, equipment and standards Australia is amongst the best in the world.The latest report into deaths under anaesthesia 2012-2014 showed that the risk of an anaesthetic related death was 1 in 57023. […]
Abdominoplasty Surgery
Before you go to sleep If you haven’t already met your anaesthetist you will meet them either on the ward or in the anaesthetic bay on the day of your surgery. At this stage if you have any concerns or worries about your operation or anaesthetic please let them know.Once in the anaesthetic bay you […]
Adult Tonsillectomy
Before you go to sleep If you haven’t already met your anaesthetist you will meet them either in the admissions area or in the anaesthetic room on the day of your surgery. At this stage if you have any concerns or worries about your operation or anaesthetic please let them know. Once in the anaesthetic […]
