Dr. Balsam Darwish

MD.FRACS

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AFTER ELECTIVE ANEURYSM SURGERY
  • You should move around as much as is comfortable for you.
  • You will be given analgesics as needed.
  • You will be given 3 doses of intravenous antibiotics.
  • You will have a postoperative CT scan and catheter angiogram the next day.
  • The nurse will conduct neuro-observation in the first 24 hours following your surgery.
  • The next day the wound drain and urinary catheter will be removed.
  • You will be able to move around from day one unless instructed not to. The average hospital stay after craniotomy for elective clipping of aneurysms is 2-5 days.
  • You will need to visit your family doctor in one week to check on the wound and remove the staples and to see Dr Darwish in 4 weeks unless informed otherwise.