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Timeline for Patients Having a Wide Local Excision and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

1-2 weeks after you sign consent for surgery

Your surgeon's office will call you with:

  1. Your surgery date
  2. The date and time of any other appointments you need

Dr. Nicole Look Hong:
416-480-4210

Dr. Frances Wright:
416-480-4210

The pre-anesthesia clinic will call you with the date and time of your telephone or hospital assessment.

1-2 weeks before your surgery

Pre-anesthesia Assessment:

Hospital or Telephone Appointment.

Check-in location for in-hospital assessment appointments:

Pre-anesthesia Clinic,
B-wing, 1st floor
Room 11 (B11 11)

See the Before Surgery section for how to prepare.

1 business day before your surgery

The Same Day Surgery clerk will call you between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. to tell you when you need to arrive at the hospital to register for your surgery.

The day before your surgery or the same day as your surgery

Sentinel Node Injection Appointment

Location:

Nuclear Medicine Department*
A-Wing, Ground Floor, Room 21 (AG 21)

*Check in first at M-Wing, Ground Floor, Room 502 (MG 502) if this appointment is the same day as surgery.

Nuclear Medicine Department:
416-480-4360

See Getting Ready for Surgery for how to prepare.

The day of your surgery

Registration Location:

Surgical Services
Registration Desk
M-Wing, Ground Floor,
Room 502 (MG 502)

See Getting Ready for Surgery for how to prepare.

3 weeks after your surgery

Post-operation appointment for results

Location:
Odette Cancer Centre,
T-wing, 1st Floor
Clinic D

See the Sunnybrook map  for the location of your appointments.

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