If you develop any illness such as a cold, flu, temperature, skin rash or infection, or of a health problem in “flare-up” the 10 days prior to your surgery, it is important that you notify your surgeon’s office immediately. Sometimes health problems can be quite serious when combined with the stress of surgery. Please try not to damage, cut, or scratch the skin, especially on your operative leg. Animal scratches/bites or infection, etc., could result in your surgery being postponed.
If you develop any illness such as a cold, flu, temperature, skin rash or infection, or “flare-up” of a health problem in the 10 days prior to your surgery, it is important that you notify your surgeon’s office immediately. Sometimes health problems can be quite serious when combined with the stress of surgery. Please try not to damage, cut, or scratch the skin, especially on your operative leg. Animal scratches/bites or infection, etc., could result in your surgery being postponed.
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