For Patients

Please see below for instructions following various procedures.  Your instructions may be slightly different following the specific surgery and will be discussed in detail by Dr. Hall if required.

In-Office Procedures

• Breast Biopsy Instructions
• Wound Care Instructions Following Abscess Drainage
• Wound Care Instructions Following Office Excision
• Wound Care Instructions Following Skin Biopsy

Preoperative Instructions

• Surgery Preoperative Instructions
• Colon Surgery Preoperative Instructions

Postoperative Instructions

• Abdominal Operations
  • Laparoscopic Appendectomy
  • Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
  • Inguinal Hernia Repair
  • Umbilical Hernia Repair
  • Large Ventral or Incisional Hernia Repair
  • Colon Surgery
  • Open Abdominal Surgery
  • Hemorrhoidectomy
• Breast Operations
  • Mastectomy
  • Partial Mastectomy
  • Axillary Dissection
  • Port Placement
• Dialysis Operations
  • AV Fistula and Graft
  • Laparoscopic Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement
• Endocrine Surgery
  • Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy
• Skin and Soft Tissue Excision