Post-Operative Instructions | Thomas E. Ahlering, M.D.

If you have had a robotic prostatectomy, it is essential for your own safety and for the success of your surgery that you carefully read and obey these instructions.

Post-Operative Instructions:

While robotic prostatectomy is performed routinely, it is still a relatively major surgery that will take some time and effort to recover from.  Life will be harder for at least a few weeks, if not months after surgery, however it is certainly preferable to the life-threatening hardships of letting the cancer progress unchecked. So stay positive, you can get through this.

LEAVING THE HOSPITAL
WHEN YOU GET HOME

Activity


Medication

Food

Clothing


Wound Care


Catheter Care

Regaining Urinary Control


Regaining Sexual Function


If you have any questions about these instructions please contact your physician.  You should have recieved similar instructions on paper upon discharge from the hospital.  These instructions are given in your best interest and should be followed as carefully and closely as possible.




THINGS YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER AFTER SURGERY

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