patient education : 14088--Removal of Nephrostomy or Biliary Tube

Removal of Nephrostomy or Biliary Tube

These instructions will help you take care of yourself at home.

Diet

You may resume your diet today. You may choose to start with liquids and advance your diet as tolerated, no alcohol for 24 hours.

Activity

If you have received sedation medication, do not make important personal or business decisions or sign important documents for 24 hours. Rest for the remainder of the day. Resume normal activity tomorrow. No driving or operating heavy machinery for 24hours.

IV Site

The IV site(s) may be sore. Warm compresses for 15-30 minutes every few hours will help.

Care of Puncture Site

Do not immerse your old tube site in a tub or swimming pool until completely healed, your old tube site may leak up to several days. If it is leaking, change the dressing as needed. The dressing may be left off when the site is no longer leaking. Leaking may persist for up to 1 day. If leaking persists for longer than 1 day, call the number below to speak with someone in Interventional Radiology.

Medications

See medication record                                        N/A                                                                               

Prescription given                                              N/A                                                                                      

Infection

Watch for signs of infection such as fever, chills, increase pain, redness or swelling at old tube site. Call the phone number below or your primary doctor at the first sign of infection.

Follow-Up

4-week follow-up appointment made. ____________________________  N/A

When to Call

If any signs of infection occur, as listed above, please call the numbers below or your primary doctor. Also call the Interventional Radiology department for any bleeding or leaking that does not stop, fever, vomiting chills or pain.

If you have any questions or problems, or need to change an appointment, please call:

• 7:00am -5:00pm Monday-Friday (434) 924-9401
• After hours and weekends (434) 924- 9400

      Ask for the Angio Interventional Radiology Fellow on call

• UVA Toll Free number (800) 251-3627