What Happens If You Require Eye Surgery
If you require eye surgery, we will arrange your surgery booking with the selected hospital and provide you with an estimate of costs and out-of-pocket expenses. Additionally, we will send you all the necessary forms and information relating to your procedure.
Private Health Insurance
With private health insurance, we recommend that you check with the health fund regarding the level of your cover. We can provide the item numbers so you can verify the health fund rebate payable to you for the procedure. If you do not have private health insurance or hospital cover, our admin staff will liaise with the hospital to provide you with a quote.
Pre-admission and Fasting
The hospital at which you are having the operation will contact you regarding admission forms and pre-operative instructions. They will also advise on fasting and admission time prior to surgery. Fasting time is usually 6 hours for food and 2 hours for clear fluids and water prior to your admission time. It is important that you have an accompanying person with you on the day of your surgery or your surgery may be cancelled by the hospital.
The Anaesthetist will contact you regarding all anaesthetic information and provide their quote directly.
Do I Need to Stop Any Medications Before Surgery?
If you are on any blood-thinning agents such as Aspirin, Warfarin, Plavix, Xarelto, Eliquis, Pradaxa, or fish oil, it is important that you advise us. We can then provide you with appropriate pre-operative instructions on whether to cease these medications prior to your surgery. We will also liase with your GP or medical specialist.
If you are diabetic, it is important to advise of your medications, particularly if you are on insulin, SGLT2 inhibitors such as Janumet or GLP-1 inhibitors such as Ozempic. Please also notify us if you are on any drugs which are used for prostate conditions such as Duodart and Tamsulosin, as these may affect your pupil dilation.
What Happens After Surgery?
You will be provided with post-operative care instructions by the discharge nurse at the hospital. If you have your day procedure at the Eye-tech Day Surgeries, we will organise an appointment time for you to see Dr Lee for a post-operative check the following day or week at City Eye Centre.
If you are an overnight stay patient at St Andrew’s Hospital, Dr Lee will see you the following morning at the hospital. You will be discharged after your post-operative check. We will continue to monitor you during your recovery period and further post-operative appointments will be made for you, usually at 1-2 weeks and 3-4 weeks after surgery.-operative check. We will continue to monitor you during your recovery period and further post-operative appointments will be made for you, usually at 1-2 weeks and 3-4 weeks after surgery.