Discharge Guidelines
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Discharge Guidelines
You can find discharge guidelines for your specific surgery below. Your surgeon or nurse practitioner may give you additional instructions, but the PDFs below are very thorough and informative.
Please note: These are general guidelines to help answer the most common questions after surgery. The photos in these guidelines WILL NOT necessarily match your exact surgical site. Your surgeon/team may ADAPT these guidelines depending on YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS and/or current research.
Biopsy: Soft Tissue
- Tru-Cut, Ultrasound or CT-Guided Needle Biopsy for Soft Tissue Masses
- Open Biopsy of a Soft Tissue Mass (Upper Arm/Forearm/Hand)
- Open Biopsy of a Soft Tissue Mass (Thigh/Leg/Foot)
Biopsy: Bone
- Open Biopsy of a Bone Tumor (Humerus/Radius-Ulna/Hand)
- Open Biopsy of a Bone Tumor (Femur/Tibia-Fibula/Foot)
Benign Soft Tissue
Upper Extremity: Upper Arm/Forearm/Hand
Lower Extremity: Thigh/Leg/Foot
Benign Bone
Upper Extremity: Humerus/Radius-Ulna/Hand
- Benign Bone Lesion: Curettage, Packing with or without Internal Fixation
- Benign Bone Lesion: Excision (of an exostosis/osteochondroma)
- Arthroscopy
Lower Extremity: Femur/Tibia-Fibula/Foot
- Benign Bone Lesion: Curettage, Packing with or without Internal Fixation
- Benign Bone Lesion: Excision (of an exostosis/osteochondroma)
- Arthroscopy
- Total Hip Replacement
- Total Knee Replacement
Malignant Soft Tissue
Upper Extremity: Upper Arm/Forearm/Hand
Lower Extremity: Thigh/Leg/Foot
Malignant Bone
Upper Extremity: Shoulder/Humerus/Radius-Ulna/Hand
Lower Extremity: Hip/Femur/Knee/Tibia-Fibula
- Resection of a Malignant Bone Tumor with Allograft Reconstruction
- Resection of a Malignant Bone Tumor with Metal Prosthesis (Hip/Upper Femur)
- Resection of a Malignant Bone Tumor with Metal Prosthesis (Lower Femur/Knee/Tibia)
- Complex Total Hip Replacement/Pelvic Reconstruction
Spine/Pelvis: Cervical/Thoracic/Lumbar/Pelvis/Sacrum
Metastatic Disease
Upper Extremity: Humerus/Forearm
Lower Extremity: Femur/Tibia
Amputation
Upper Extremity: Upper Arm/Forearm/Hand
Lower Extremity: Femur/Tibia-Fibula/Foot
Infections
Upper Extremity
Lower Extremity
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- Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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