Ana­esthe­sia care be­fo­re, du­ring and af­ter the ope­ra­ti­on

Please read through the anaesthesia information sheet (see right-hand column), which will be sent to you by post, at your leisure before your consultation. This will enable you to ask the anaesthetist more specific questions, which may help to reduce your anxiety. Please do not be alarmed by the serious complications listed there. They are extremely rare. This type of anaesthesiological information and clarification allows you to be admitted to hospital on the day of the operation and shortens the hospitalisation time by one day. If you have important medical documents (doctor's letters, Marcoumar pass, pacemaker pass, allergy pass, etc...) you should bring these with you.

Your anaesthesia team (anaesthetist and anaesthesia nurse) will guide you through the operation safely and without pain. A large number of monitors are available to monitor vital bodily functions. This allows anaesthesia to be optimally controlled and deviations from normality to be corrected quickly and safely. We will do everything we can to ensure that you wake up pain-free, nausea-free and comfortable after the operation and ask you to contact us immediately if you have any complaints.

In the recovery room, you will be monitored and cared for by an experienced nursing team, under the responsibility of the anaesthetist, until the after-effects of the anaesthetic medication have subsided sufficiently for you to be safely transferred to the ward.

Your anaesthetist will make a follow-up visit to you on the ward. The purpose of this visit is to review and customise the post-treatment plan at an early stage. Pain management, for which the anaesthetist remains responsible, is of great importance. This exchange of ideas between patient and doctor is intended to optimise your well-being and serve as quality control.

If the type of surgical procedure and/or a serious concomitant illness requires intensive medical follow-up treatment, patients are transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU). Here, a specialised team of doctors and nurses is on duty around the clock to ensure your speedy recovery. The high-tech environment in the intensive care unit does not mean that patients are isolated. Human warmth and affection take centre stage here too.