Pre-preparation for Surgery
Pre-Admission Counselling and Evaluation (PACE) Clinic
Before any surgery, you will need to be assessed by an anaesthetist at the Pre-Admission Counselling and Evaluation (PACE) clinic. Please inform the anaesthetist if you have any medical illnesses or any of the following:
Most spinal surgery is done under general anaesthesia. This will be further discussed by the anaesthesiologists at the pre-admission clinic.Sometimes, the doctor at PACE clinic may refer you to other specialists to investigate/optimise your medical condition(s) before surgery. This can result in postponement of your surgery.
Day of admission/surgery
During surgery
You will receive medication(s) in the operating theatre to make you sleep unless your neurosurgeon has told you otherwise.
After you are asleep, one or more of these catheters/tubes may be inserted: