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Healing at Home

Post Operative care once you get home is very important for a successful outcome. We've assembled important information below to help you speed your recovery. For additional information, feel free to contact our office. For detailed instructions regarding infection control, click here.

Lumbar Microdiscectomy

• Maintain current dressing until follow-up (showers okay) Unless told otherwise
• Wear back brace when walking
• No bending, twisting or lifting greater than 10 pound
• Wear TED hose for one week
• No NSAIDS (anti-inflammatory meds) for 2 weeks (examples include: motrin, advil, aleve, aspirin)
• Return to clinic 10 to 14 days after surgery-call clinic around 9am on regular business days if any questions / concerns / problems / fever greater than 103 degrees
• Get out of bed and walk around the house several times per day
• Regular use of an over-the-counter stool softner is strongly recommended to avoid constipation

Lumbar Fusion

• Maintain current dressing until follow-up (showers okay) Unless told otherwise
• Wear back brace when walking
• No bending, twisting or lifting greater than 10 pounds
• Wear TED hose for one week
• No NSAIDS (anti-inflammatory meds) for 2 weeks (examples include: motrin, advil, aleve, aspirin)
• Return to clinic 10 to 14 days after surgery-call clinic around 9am on regular business days if any questions / concerns / problems / fever greater than 103 degrees
• Get out of bed and walk around the house several times per day
• Regular use of an over-the-counter stool softner is strongly recommended to avoid constipation

Cervical Fusion

• Wear cervical collar 23 out of 24 hours of the day until follow-up
• Dry dressing change daily-nurse will teach
• No bending, twisting or lifting greater than 10 pounds; No overhead activity
• No NSAIDS (anti-inflammatory meds) for 2 weeks (examples include: motrin, advil, aleve, aspirin)
• Wear TED hose for one week
• Okay to begin taking showers after drain hole closes-dry area very well afterward and place dry dressing over incisions
• Return to clinic 10 to 14 days after surgery-call clinic around 9am on regular business days if any questions / concerns / problems / fever greater than 103 degrees
• Get out of bed and walk around the house several times per day
• Regular use of an over-the-counter stool softner is strongly recommended to avoid constipation

Spinal Cord Stimulator

• Maintain current dressing until follow-up (showers okayunless told otherwise)
• Wear back brace when walking
• No bending, twisting or lifting greater than 10 pounds
• Wear TED hose for one week
• No NSAIDS (anti-inflammatory meds) for 2 weeks (examples include: motrin, advil, aleve, aspirin)
• Return to clinic 10 to 14 days after surgery-call clinic around 9am on regular business days if any questions / concerns / problems / fever greater than 103 degrees
• Get out of bed and walk around the house several times per day
• Regular use of an over-the-counter stool softner is strongly recommended to avoid constipation