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Median time to pass wind reduced from 4 to 3 days.
Opening Times and Location The Discharge Lounge is open 07:00am until 7.30pm, seven days a week.
422 8192 Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:30pm
Quicker return to normal activity, usually 3 to 4 weeks after keyhole surgery as compared with 6 to 8 weeks after open surgery.
surgery, or the drop in clinics at the Edward Jenner in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital or West Block outpatients in Cheltenham General Hospital (both open
to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm If the Plaster Room is not open, please contact your GP or NHS 111 for advice.
This will not affect people collecting patients from the Discharge Lounge by car Signage will be in place showing alternative routes The walkway will be open
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm
You are unlikely to have your bowels open for the first few days after the operation.
These corridors will be closed during the day (0700 to 1800) and then re-open then for night-time use. Directional signage is in place.
By the time you go home, you will need to empty your stoma pouch on average 4 to 5 times per day down the toilet.
You will be able to return to work after 2 to 4 weeks.
Your GP should receive the results in 4 days. Sometimes the results can come back contaminated.
You will need 2 to 4 weeks to recover after keyhole surgery and 4 to 6 weeks if you have had an open (cut to the abdomen) procedure.
When the rectum is full, we get the urge to open our bowels.
Method Our brief for the course was that it should be free, convenient (not requiring study leave) and open to all.
A balloon will then be inflated to stretch open the area.
The decision about whether to use open or keyhole surgery will be made after an informed discussion between you and your surgeon.
The decision about whether to use open or keyhole surgery will be made after a discussion between you and your surgeon.
