Your Surgery

MOI Provides Full-Service Orthopaedic Care

Michigan Orthopaedic Institute, formerly known as Weissman, Gitlin, and Herkowitz, is a recognized leader in orthopaedics. With renowned experts in many major orthopaedic sub-specialties, we pride ourselves on offering full-service cutting-edge care across the entire spectrum of musculoskeletal health. MOI Provides Full-Service Orthopaedic Care

  • Hand/Upper Extremity Surgery
  • Joint Replacement Surgery
  • Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery
  • Pain Management
  • Pediatric Orthopaedics
  • Spine Surgery
  • Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Pre-Op Instructions for William Beaumont Hospital

Before your surgery, you will receive a phone call from the surgical pre-operative staff regarding preoperative instructions. Listen very carefully and take notes so that you do not forget anything. Basic instructions generally include:

1. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight prior to your surgery. This includes water and coffee. This is for your safety during the procedure, and unfortunately, if you eat or drink after midnight, your surgery will have to be postponed.

2. Make sure that your primary care physician and any other necessary physicians have completed your pre-operative medical evaluation and that you have discontinued any medications that you were instructed to stop taking by your physician.

3. If you will be having your surgery at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, you will want to go to the South Entrance.

4. You will be called the night before surgery and told what time to arrive. Usually you are asked to arrive approximately 2 hours prior to your surgery time. This will allow time to get everything in order. Please allow enough time for traffic and bad weather; if you arrive late, your surgery might have to be rescheduled for later in the day or another day.

5. If you are having outpatient surgery, you MUST arrange for someone to drive you home. Every patient is given at least some kind of narcotic or sedative before, during, and/or after the operation. It is unsafe for you to drive or take public transportation. If you arrive without arrangements for a ride home, your surgery will have to be rescheduled.

Regional Anesthesia Instructions

If "regional" anesthesia was used for your surgery (the anesthesiologist gave you an injection or inserted a catheter that made your entire limb "numb"), you will have received instructions from your anesthesiologist, particularly about any pain pump that might have been sent home with you. If you have any questions, please call William Beaumont Hospital at (248) 898-5000 and ask to speak to the anesthesiologist on call. He or she can answer your questions or direct you to come in for evaluation.

Postop Protocols

Your post-operative care is specific to your surgeon and your condition. Your physician writes specific post-operative directions for you and for your physical or occupational therapist, if needed. Please ask your physician about your individual post-operative instructions.