Question for Dr. Bermant

[Bill S.]

Hi Doc.

I assume you have patients traveling to you from other states for gyno removal?

What happens in the case of an out-of-area patient if problems develop after surgery but the patient is already back home? What can the patient do?

Thanks!

Regards,

Bill

 

[Latamier]

Typically, your Dr will either have you go to the E.R. if it is a severe problem, or will have you follow up for post op check ups with another local Dr. We have to do this occassionally with some of our patients, but we do Orthopaedic surgery rather than plastic surgery. Hope this helps you out.

 

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Typically, your Dr will either have you go to the E.R. if it is a severe problem, or will have you follow up for post op check ups with another local Dr. We have to do this occassionally with some of our patients, but we do Orthopaedic surgery rather than plastic surgery. Hope this helps you out.

It's generally a bad idea to use the ED as your follow-up for surgery done elsewhere. You should really have the surgeon performing the surgeon arrange for follow-up with another surgeon in your area. As an emergency physician, I can attest that the only things we treat or examine for "follow up" are things gone awry -- infections, dehiscence, etc.