After venous surgery

INSTRUCTIONS AFTER VENOUS LASER ABLATION PROCEDURE

Dear patient,

Seeking that your po-operation period would be easy and the result of operation would be the best, we recommend you for the first 10-14 days after operation act as follows:

1) during the day time wear the medical compression stockings (before the night you may put them off);

2) protect the bandages from water while taking a bath;

3) drink about 1,5-2 litres of fluids every day;

4) try to move, to go for a walk, but lie down and rest after you feel tired;

5) don‘t do manual work, don‘t rise or carry hard things;

6) do not exercise;

7) do not wear high-heeled shoes;

8) do not fly by plane.

After 10 days, please, visit the doctor for taking off the bandages. Now you may take a shower. The medical compression stockings you have wear for another 2 weeks.

After 1 month, please, visit a doctor again. Till this visit you are not allowd:

1) to go to sauna or lie down in the bath;

2) to go to solarum;

3) exercise;

4) do manual work;

5) to fly by plane longer than 4 hours.

After 1 month you may live the regular life.

We wish you a fast recover!