The Day Hospital is a key step in your preparation for colorectal surgery. It allows you to meet, in a single day, all the professionals involved in your care, according to your needs.
Objectives
- To centralize all appointments into a single day,
- To enable you to meet the entire medical and paramedical team,
- To provide you with clear information and personalized support throughout your care,
- To establish an initial human connection with the professionals you will meet during your hospital stay,
- To create early contact with the team, so that you encounter the same caregivers after surgery, thereby strengthening trust and continuity of care,
- To empower you as an active participant in your care, improving recovery outcomes and postoperative comfort.
Throughout your surgical journey, you will be supported by the same team members. Having met them during the Day Hospital visit before your operation, they will also follow you during your hospitalization and postoperative consultations, ensuring continuity of care as well as reassuring, consistent, and fully personalized follow-up.
How the Day is organized
Upon your arrival, you will be welcomed by the secretary, who will be your main point of contact throughout the day. She will explain the schedule of your appointments and answer your initial questions.
Depending on your medical situation, your pathway may include, in addition to the surgical consultation:
- A dietitian-nutritionist,k
- A psychologist,
- A wound care nurse, also specialised in sexology,
- A stoma care nurse (stomatherapist).
Meeting with the dietitian-nutritionist
Nutritional care is a key step before colorectal surgery. The dietitian will advise you on the diet to follow before and after the procedure, as well as on preoperative nutritional support if significant weight loss has been identified.
Adequate nutritional optimization before surgery helps strengthen your overall condition and reduce the risk of postoperative complications.
If needed, tailored nutritional supplements will be recommended until the date of your operation.
Postoperative follow-up will also be provided in order to improve functional outcomes and support recovery after surgery.
Meeting with the psychologist
Colorectal surgery can be a source of anxiety or raise many questions.
The psychologist is there to listen to you, help you express your emotions, and offer simple tools to help you approach this period with greater peace of mind.
This support is confidential and tailored to your individual needs.
Meeting with the nurse specializing in sexology and wound care
Some colorectal surgeries may have an impact on sexuality, intimacy, or body image.
The nurse specialized in sexology addresses these topics with sensitivity, providing information, reassurance,
and answers any questions you may have.
She is involved both before and, most importantly, after surgery, enabling early identification of post-operative sexual
difficulties and the proposal of appropriate management solutions.
She also oversees wound care and healing, ensuring personalised and comprehensive continuity of care.
Her role is to provide holistic follow-up, integrating the physical, emotional, and relational dimensions of your recovery.
Meeting with the Stoma Care Nurse (if a stoma is planned)
This meeting is essential to help you become familiar with stoma care before surgery and to approach daily life with confidence.
The stoma care nurse will explain the principles of a stoma, how to care for it, the equipment used, and practical aspects of everyday life, including diet, physical activity, clothing, social life, and intimacy.
They will support you during your hospital stay and continue to follow you after your return home as part of a personalized postoperative care plan.
Their goal is to help you become independent, build confidence, and maintain your quality of life.
Your Care Pathway
At the end of the consultation or during your hospitalization, the surgeon may suggest that you participate in a research protocol, such as a study evaluating a new surgical device, a new method of administering it, new surgical techniques, personalized therapeutic strategies, etc.
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