What is the follow-up after surgery?
Children are usually discharged on the second to fourth day after surgery, depending on their recovery. If your child has a drain or catheter, please make an appointment for one week after surgery to remove it. If there is no drain, schedule an appointment for four to six weeks after the surgery. Children usually have an ultrasound at the time of the follow-up appointment. You may be given the Ditropan and Tylenol or Tylenol with codeine to relieve spasms during this time before your return visit. It’s important that your child continue the low-dose antibiotics. The antibiotics given at the time of hospital discharge should be completed by your return visit and your child should resume taking his or her pre-operative maintenance antibiotic daily. One month after the surgery, your child will be scheduled for an ultrasound of the kidneys. This test tells us if there is any blockage at the site of the surgery. It doesn’t let us know if the reflux is corrected; only a cystogram can show th
