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Post Operative Instructions
Insructions After Office Foot Procedure
NAIL SURGERY - WART REMOVAL - BIOPSY
- Have your prescriptions filled immediately. If you have been given an antibiotic, finish the entire amount. With pain medications - do not drink alcohol.
- Keep your bandage(s) clean and dry for the first day (24 hours). Do not attempt to "inspect" the wound.
- Stay off your foot for the first day (24 hours).
- Elevate your foot/feet on two (2) pillows - above your body.
- Place an ice bag or ice wrapped in plastic in a towel, on the ankle or behind the bandage for the first ½ hour of every hour for the first day.
- AFTER 24 HOURS: Remove the entire bandage (unless instructed otherwise). Clean the wound by washing it with salt water or an antibacterial soap (Dial™, Safeguard™, Phisohex®). Soak the foot or feet in a quart of warm water mixed with two (2) tablespoonfuls of Epsom salts. Soak 10-15 minutes twice a day.
- After soaking, pat dry with clean tissue or sterile gauze pad. Place a thin layer of antibiotic ointment (Betadine™, Povidone Iodine, Bacitracin) on the wound and cover with sterile band-aid or gauze and paper tape.
CALL THE OFFICE IMMEDIATELY IF:
- The bandages become soaked with blood.
- The medication you have been given does not control the pain.
- You bump, fall or injure your foot.
- You develop a fever greater than 101º F.
- You see pus in the wound or red streaks on your foot, ankle or leg.
- You have severe nausea, vomiting or uncontrolled diarrhea.

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