Panendoscopy: You will be going home on the day of your surgery after you are able to eat and drink and have passed urine. You would stay in the hospital for a minimum of an hour for observations. You will need a responsible adult to pick you up from the hospital and stay with you overnight.
Leaflet Details
| Title | Panendoscopy |
| Department | Day Surgery Unit |
| Author(s) | Claire Ellson-Credo, RN |
| Review Date | January 2022 |
| Next Review | January 2025 |
| Download | A5 Booklet PDF |
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Patient Information
After your surgery
- You will be going home on the day of your surgery after you are able to eat and drink and have passed urine. You would stay in the hospital for a minimum of an hour for observations. You will need a responsible adult to pick you up from the hospital and stay with you overnight.
Diet
- You may be advised not to have anything to eat or drink for a few hours after surgery. You may need to stay in the hospital until you can tolerate food and drink or as instructed by your doctors.
- You are advised to avoid having any hot food or drink for at least 48 hours if you had a biopsy (tissue sample). You can eat and drink as normal after this time.
Voice rest
- If you have had a biopsy (tissue sample) taken from your voice box, you must rest your voice for a minimum of 72 hours (3 days). This is to allow for wound healing. If you need to talk, it is important that you do so in a normal tone of voice. You must not shout or whisper to avoid straining the vocal cords.
- You may experience a hoarse voice and a tickly cough after surgery. This is normal and will settle after a few days.
- If you did not have any biopsy taken, no voice rest is needed.
Pain
- It is common to have pain in your throat following the surgery. Please take simple pain relief regularly until this has settled.
Activities
- You can return to normal activities after a day or two. You can return to work after a few days once you feel you are able to do so.
Blood clot prevention
- It is important that you resume normal activities as advised and keep active. You must wear the anti-embolic stockings given to you for 7 days, both during the day and at night. They can be removed while you have a shower and applied back in afterwards.
- Depending on your medical risk factors, you may be prescribed blood-thinning injections to take after your operation. These help prevent blood clots such as in the leg (deep vein thrombosis) or the lung (pulmonary embolus).
Follow up appointment
- You may be given an outpatient follow up appointment between 4-6 weeks, this maybe in a form of a virtual clinic (telephone follow up). The details will be posted to you by your surgeon’s secretary.
- You will be informed if a biopsy has been taken and sent for testing. If this is the case, your surgeon will either write to you with the results or discuss it with you during your outpatient appointment.
- If you do not require any outpatient appointments, you can contact your GP for any further queries.
What to watch out for:
Please contact your GP if:
- The pain does not settle after a few days
- If you experience difficulty in swallowing
- If you develop a high temperature
Please attend Accident and Emergency department if:
- The pain becomes severe and unmanageable
- You have chest pain, difficulty of breathing and vomiting and / or coughing blood
- You are unable to keep fluids without vomiting
Useful contact numbers:
- ENT clinic Ashford Hospital 01784 884346 Monday to Friday
- Day Surgery Unit Ashford Hospital 01784 884609 or 01784 884189 between 8am-9pm Monday to Friday
- Clandon ward Royal Surrey County Hospital 01483 464067 after 9pm on weekdays, all day weekend and bank holidays
- ASPH Main Switchboard 01932 872000 and ask to be connected to your surgeon’s secretary for appointment queries
If you feel unwell and needed urgent medical care, please go to your nearest Accident and Emergency Department immediately and bring your discharge letter with you.
