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What can I expect at the hospital on the day of my surgery?

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By: C. Stewart Wright, MD, FRCSC

Once you’ve checked into hospital, usually a couple of hours before surgery, you’ll be taken to a waiting room where you’ll don your hospital gown. In some hospitals you can walk into the operating theatre; in others you’re wheeled in on a hospital gurney. As your time for surgery approaches, things will become increasingly busy. Your blood pressure, pulse and breathing rates will be checked. An intravenous tube will be inserted into one of your wrists’ veins, so you can receive fluids via this route. read more»

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C. Stewart Wright, MD, FRCSC

A third generation Toronto orthopaedic surgeon and grandson of the Founder of the Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital, Dr. Wright has a special interest in hand, wrist and elbow, and hip & knee replacement surgery.  Dr. Wright obtained his Medical Degree from Memorial University in Newfoundland and did his orthopaedic training at the University of Toronto.  He completed a Fellowship in Hand Surgery at the Raymond M. Curtis Hand Centre, affiliated with John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Wright joined the staff of in 1982 and is presently an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Wright has served as Chair of the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation’s Medical & Scientific Review Committee since 2007 and was elected to the Foundation’s Board of Directors in May of 2009.

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