The nurse will write down all of your medications and how you take them. After the nurse is finished with your medications, the medications will be returned to your family. We do not want you to take your medications unless instructed to by your doctor. Your doctor will indicate if you will go home the same day, stay overnight, or stay several nights. With the improvement in surgical techniques and in medications, the need to stay in the hospital has decreased.
Patients actually recuperate faster at home than in the hospital.
This also decreases healthcare costs. This allows for a faster recovery and with fewer complications. You will need to be able to meet particular criteria in order to go home, so you won't be sent home too soon. If you have a concern about this in relation to your procedure, contact your surgeon.