PM implant surgery question about total time.

New to the club and will have  Boston Scientific dual chamber PM implanted next Wed 9/5/18.  Just wondering what the actual time from surgery prep to release is generally.

My PM is to fix very rare but a nasty sudden collapse with heart drop to as low as 27 bpm with immediate recovery to high rate for a few seconds. No nausea or dizziness and back upright in about 7 seconds.

Thanks,

Bryan

3 Comments

Got a hot date that night?

by AgentX86 - 2018-08-27 23:36:08

It's impossible to say.  After prep, they may have you lie around for hours before they even get to you.  The surgery is an hour or two, give or  take some complications.  After that, they'll want to observe you for a few hours. Sometimes they want to keep you overnight.  There are too many variables.

Date will wait

by bmpellegrini - 2018-08-28 00:46:15

Ok so when this begins at 2p PM it could be an overnight then .

 

Hospital time

by Going Forward - 2018-08-30 01:07:08

I arrived at 7 am and was scheduled for 8:30 but an emergency came in so I was a bit delayed. Surgery (dual chamber) took 1 hour 45 min but of course that can vary. They kept me there till 5 pm so, for me, it was 10 hours in the hospital. 

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