What to Expect

     Surgery and Hospital Stay

• Same day in and out.
• Surgery under general or spinal anaesthesia.
• Takes about 1 hour.
• Total stay in hospital about 4 hours, arrive 1 hour before surgery, and leave 2 hours after.

     After the Procedure

• Average experience: Minimal pain requiring a few tablets of Percocet or none in first 2 days, hardly any thereafter.
• Return to normal activity in 7 - 10 days, to regular work in 14 - 21 days.
• May resume very heavy work or heavy exercise such as weight lifting after 3 weeks.
• May drive in 3- 5 days.
• May shower right away.
• Dressings are water-proof.
• No need for dressing change, or for wound care.
• No stitches or staples to pull out of skin.
• First week need to rest and idle around, and not be too active.
• Post-op, need to be seen in office only once at 1 week from the procedure.
• Occasionally, slight bruising at top of scrotum, and slight sensitivity of testicle for few days.
• Expect be able to move about freely right away.