Preparing For Your Surgery
At New Mexico Surgery Center Orthopaedics (NMSCO)
At New Mexico Surgery Center Orthopaedics (NMSCO)
You must complete a pre-anesthesia screening prior to your surgery date. This can be completed one of two ways:
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If you meet any of the following criteria, you must visit NMSCO (8300 Constitution Avenue NE) in person:
If you have any questions regarding your pre-anesthesia screening, you can call NMSCO at: (505) 291-2388.
The Surgery Schedulers at NMSCO will call to confirm your appointment and your arrival time the day before your scheduled surgery. We finalize the schedule the day prior to accommodate specific patient needs, such as children going first, diabetic patients going early in the morning to limit the negative effects of fasting, or placing patients with potential infections at the end of the day for room sterilization purposes.
NMSCO may require various specialty clearances. If so, these must be provided to your physician’s office at New Mexico Orthopaedics prior to your surgery.
What to Expect
You will check in for your procedure at NMSCO located in the Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital. Remember to bring a list of all current medications, a current and valid photo ID, and your insurance card. Without these items, your surgery will be rescheduled.
After check-in, a nurse will greet you and escort you to the pre-operative holding area where they will confirm your information and type of surgery. You will be provided a personal bag for your belongings and a surgical gown to change into.
The nurse will then prepare you for surgery. This may include:
Your physician will greet you, discuss the procedure, and mark the surgical site with their initials using a surgical skin marker.
An anesthesiologist will discuss the anesthesia being used and verify you do not have any adverse reactions to the medication. You will need to sign a consent form for the anesthesia.
You will then be wheeled into the operating room on a stretcher. Once the procedure is complete, you will be moved to the recovery area. You will be monitored for up to two hours while the effects of the anesthesia wear off.
At this time, visitors will be allowed to see you. Please remember all visitors must be 12 or older and no more than 2 visitors at a time.
After you’ve recovered, you’ll be discharged from the surgery center and escorted to your car in a wheelchair by a surgery center staff member. We will provide you with a post-surgical information packet from your physician.
Contact & Billing
If you have questions after your surgery, you can contact your care team directly. However, they may be seeing other patients, so you may need to contact our main number to have a message sent to them. If you have an emergency after hours pertaining to your surgery, please call your physician’s office at New Mexico Orthopaedics – (505) 724-4300 and follow the prompts to speak with the physician on call.
Three companies are involved in your surgery: NMSCO (the facility), New Mexico Orthopaedics (the physician), and Anesthesia Associates (the Anesthesiologist). Due to this, you will likely receive 3 separate bills. NMSCO will contact you prior to your surgery to collect your out of pocket expense. If you have any questions regarding these bills, below are the contact numbers for each company:
New Mexico Orthopaedics is continually striving to improve the quality of care that we provide. Upon scheduling a surgery with New Mexico Orthopaedics, you may receive an email directing you to a set of surveys regarding your current condition. You will be asked the same questions both before and after your procedure. Your answers allow us to track your improvement after surgery. We appreciate you taking the time to answer the questions.
NMSCO is owned in part by physicians who are members of New Mexico Orthopaedics, which may include your physician. Consequently, your physician may have a financial interest in NMSCO. You have the right to choose an alternative source of service. Should you desire to do so, please contact your physician’s office and ask for a list of sites where he/she has privileges to practice.