Counselling

Patient counselling may be performed two weeks prior to surgery. At the first appointment, the whole team (surgeon, anesthesiologist, dedicated nurse practitioner and physiotherapist will inform you of the protocols, including surgical procedure, multimodal analgesia, nursing care, management of the perioperative period and planned discharge.

Considering that the success of any program depends on the education of the patients, we aim to provide information about the care-plans from the initial outpatient visit to the inpatient discharge using multiple modalities: verbal instruction, written materials (booklet) and web-based materials with audiovisual instructions.

Find out more about:

• Stop smoking
• Chest physiotherapy
• Summary of recommendations of what NOT to do after surgery