What happens post-operatively?
Dressing Clinic and Therapy at The Yorkshire Clinic
Mr Jeffers will discuss with you your postop follow up, dressing changes and the need for physiotherapy. This will be booked on discharge.
You should ensure you have eaten breakfast and have taken painkillers, this is to avoid you fainting and being uncomfortable during the reduction of dressing.
It is planned that dressing clinics will run in parallel to Mr Jeffers outpatient clinics on Tuesday and or when he is theatre on Fridays. The dressing clinics are staffed by senior nurses who have a vast amount of experience in care of hand patients. Mr Jeffers may also plan to see you, however, as the vast majority of post op care is routine you may not be reviewed until some time afterwards by Mr Jeffers.
If you require post-operative therapy it will be booked for you on discharge and you will see either Julie, Jo or Michael within 7 days of discharge.
Dressing Clinic and Therapy at Bradford Royal Infirmary
Mr Jeffers will arrange for you to be seen at the dressing clinic in out-patients and is ran by senior experience nurses who are expert in wounds and dressing. This takes place on a Wednesday morning running parallel to Mr Jeffers hand clinic. He is available to discuss with the nurse and patient as necessary.
You should ensure you have eaten breakfast and have taken painkillers, this is to avoid you fainting and being uncomfortable during the reduction of dressing.
Immediately after dressing clinic you will be referred to the our hand therapists Sara, Carolyn, Hannah and Fae. This occurs in the the physiotherapy department on level 1 adjacent to the Hand Clinic.
Sutures and dressings
Most sutures are used by Mr Jeffers are dissolvable but the remnants on the surface need to be taken out at around 14 days by the clinic or on by your GP Practice Nurse. A small number of sutures are non-dissolving and follow the same procedure.
Some wounds take a little longer to heal and will require repeat dressings, especially if we have left some areas open to heal from below or when skin grafts have been performed.
After 7 days if is safe to gently cleanse your surgical wound with soap and warm tap water and then after it has dried completely to be recovered with a fresh dressing. We will advise you in the nurse led clinic with regards to this.
Therapy
Most hand surgery cases require specialist hand therapy (for further information please click here). You will be referred to the department to see the hand physiotherapist, this usually occurs on the same day to within 1 weeks (Mr Jeffers will prioritise your rehabilitation). Specialist splints and casts will be fabricated by our Hand Therapist or Plaster Room respectively.
Follow up with Mr Jeffers
This will have been organised on the day of operation and Mr Jeffers will be kept aware of your progress by the Nurses and Therapists. If there are any problems or concerns Mr Jeffers will be notified and arrangements for urgent review made if it is necessary.
For minor procedures Mr Jeffers will follow you up by telephone.
Dressing Clinic and Therapy at The Yorkshire Clinic
Mr Jeffers will discuss with you your postop follow up, dressing changes and the need for physiotherapy. This will be booked on discharge.
You should ensure you have eaten breakfast and have taken painkillers, this is to avoid you fainting and being uncomfortable during the reduction of dressing.
It is planned that dressing clinics will run in parallel to Mr Jeffers outpatient clinics on Tuesday and or when he is theatre on Fridays. The dressing clinics are staffed by senior nurses who have a vast amount of experience in care of hand patients. Mr Jeffers may also plan to see you, however, as the vast majority of post op care is routine you may not be reviewed until some time afterwards by Mr Jeffers.
If you require post-operative therapy it will be booked for you on discharge and you will see either Julie, Jo or Michael within 7 days of discharge.
Dressing Clinic and Therapy at Bradford Royal Infirmary
Mr Jeffers will arrange for you to be seen at the dressing clinic in out-patients and is ran by senior experience nurses who are expert in wounds and dressing. This takes place on a Wednesday morning running parallel to Mr Jeffers hand clinic. He is available to discuss with the nurse and patient as necessary.
You should ensure you have eaten breakfast and have taken painkillers, this is to avoid you fainting and being uncomfortable during the reduction of dressing.
Immediately after dressing clinic you will be referred to the our hand therapists Sara, Carolyn, Hannah and Fae. This occurs in the the physiotherapy department on level 1 adjacent to the Hand Clinic.
Sutures and dressings
Most sutures are used by Mr Jeffers are dissolvable but the remnants on the surface need to be taken out at around 14 days by the clinic or on by your GP Practice Nurse. A small number of sutures are non-dissolving and follow the same procedure.
Some wounds take a little longer to heal and will require repeat dressings, especially if we have left some areas open to heal from below or when skin grafts have been performed.
After 7 days if is safe to gently cleanse your surgical wound with soap and warm tap water and then after it has dried completely to be recovered with a fresh dressing. We will advise you in the nurse led clinic with regards to this.
Therapy
Most hand surgery cases require specialist hand therapy (for further information please click here). You will be referred to the department to see the hand physiotherapist, this usually occurs on the same day to within 1 weeks (Mr Jeffers will prioritise your rehabilitation). Specialist splints and casts will be fabricated by our Hand Therapist or Plaster Room respectively.
Follow up with Mr Jeffers
This will have been organised on the day of operation and Mr Jeffers will be kept aware of your progress by the Nurses and Therapists. If there are any problems or concerns Mr Jeffers will be notified and arrangements for urgent review made if it is necessary.
For minor procedures Mr Jeffers will follow you up by telephone.
