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Post-operative Instructions

GROMMET INSERTION

Post-operative Instructions

  • Keep the ears dry until specialist review, or at least three weeks

  • Use eardrops, if prescribed, for five days

  • Occasional blood-stained discharge will be noticed

  • Return to school / nursery next day

  • Calpol as required

Post-operative Medication

  • Ciprofloxacin or ofloxacin drops (eardrops or eydrops for the ears): three drops twice a day for five days

  • How to insert eardrops (video

ADENOIDECTOMY ALONE

Post-operative Instructions

  • Post-op temperature common

  • Blocked nose for ten days

  • Smelly nasal discharge likely

  • Calpol / Nurofen for three days, then as required

  • Back to school / nursery after three days

  • Otrovine nose-drops for five days

Post-operative Medication

  • Regular Paracetamol and Ibruprofen for three days (or longer if required)

  • Paracetamol and Ibruprofen administration schedule: 

06:00 Paracetamol + Ibruprofen

10:00 Paracetamol

12:00 Ibruprofen

16:00 Paracetamol

20:00 Paracetamol + Ibruprofen

  • Otrivine nosedrops (half a dripper in each nostril twice daily)

  • Post operative antibiotics in some cases, where infection present at surgery

TONSILLECTOMY OR ADENOTONSILLECTOMY

Post-operative Instructions

  • Give painkillers regularly

  • Eat and drink as normal if possible, otherwise eat food that patient will enjoy/eat

  • Encourage drinking if struggling to eat

  • Snoring and blocked nose can persist for ten days

  • Observe for bleeding, expect small amounts but if more than a tablespoon, go to A&E

  • It is expected to have a high temperature for up to  24 hours in the week after surgery. If more than 24 hours, seek advice

  • You will notice a bad breath and smelly nasal discharge (this is normal)

  • You will notice white debris where tonsils were removed (this is normal

Post-operative Medication

  • Regular Paracetamol and Ibruprofen for seven days (or longer if required)

  • Paracetamol and Ibruprofen administration schedule: 

06:00 Paracetamol + Ibruprofen

10:00 Paracetamol

12:00 Ibruprofen

16:00 Paracetamol

20:00 Paracetamol + Ibruprofen

  • Try and time eating 10-20 minutes after administering painkillers

  • Otrivine nosedrops (half a dripper in each nostril twice daily)

  • Post operative antibiotics in some cases, where infection present at surgery

  • If refusing oral medication, suppositories can be used

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