FAQ - 15 most frequently asked questions

The health declaration is sent to you as a link via SMS in your booking confirmation. If you do not have a bank ID, it is fine to come to the clinic 10 minutes before your booked appointment and fill in the health declaration on paper here with us, then tell the reception.

Answer: You can leave your blood samples at a laboratory affiliated with Karolinska. You can find your nearest sampling center here, click on the link. https://www.karolinska.se/for-patienter/karolinska-universitetslaboratoriet/alla-provtagningsenheter-a-o/

You can visit a pharmacy, make an appointment with your health center or call us to come and take a blood pressure test with us at CK Klinikerna – Kirurgi.

Microlax is used for cleaning the rectum before examination. It should be taken about 2 hours before your visit. You bring up 2 micro salmon in the rectum, take both right after each other and squeeze for about 5 minutes. Read the package insert that comes with you when you buy microlax at your pharmacy.

To use microlax:

• Pull off the sleeve and twist off the cap on top of the bottle’s spout. Lubricate the spout with vaseline or by squeezing out a few drops of microlax.
• Lie on your left side with your left leg extended and your right leg bent forward for balance. Carefully insert the tip into the rectum and then slowly squeeze out the solution. If the liquid cannot be squeezed out of the bottle, it may be because the spout is against something. Then try to change the direction of the pipe. Continue to squeeze the bottle as you pull out the spout, to prevent the liquid from flowing back into the bottle.
• Then do the same procedure immediately after with bottle number two.
• Lie down and try to hold the solution in the intestine for about 5 minutes, so that the solution has time to work. Then visit the toilet.

After your surgery, the surgeon will give you both oral and written information about when to remove your stitches. The most common is between 7-14 days, the surgeon informs you orally and on paper whether they are to be removed with us or with the district nurse at your health centre.

The doctor tries to call you 2 times. If you cannot answer, you can contact us to book a new telephone appointment on telephone number 08-400 140 30. Please note that a new telephone appointment is usually booked on another day.

You can eat and drink as usual. If you do not have a scheduled operation. If you have a planned operation you must fast, you will know that you have a planned operation when we notify you about it.

We try to make sure you get your surgery as soon as possible. We will send you an operation time via SMS and letter when you have been scheduled for surgery. If you cannot make it at that time, please call us as soon as possible on 08-40014030.

We are a clinic that works on behalf of Region Stockholm, Region Uppsala, Region Norrbotten, Region Västernorrland and Region Östergötland and most of the care is financed by the county council, so your free card applies if you have one. Otherwise, a new visit with a referral costs SEK 250-300. Under the treatments tab on our website, you can see the types of examinations and operations we perform.

Under each procedure, it is stated whether you need a referral or not. If there is no need for a referral, you can write a self-care referral to us, we will then contact you and call you to us.

The procedures for which you can write a self-referral are hernia, colonoscopy, gall bladder, vasectomy, gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, breast reduction, abdominoplasty. For the remaining procedures that we perform, you need a referral from your health center or specialist clinic.

We are located at Kanholmsvägen 51 in Saltsjö Boo. If you take a car, there is parking where you can stand for 3 hours with a parking disc. If you use public transport, you can visit https://sl.se/ to plan your trip here. The stop you get off at is called Orminge Centrum.

Important to note is that our street has changed its name, some old GPSs show that Kanholmsvägen 51 is next to a car company. Then you either need to change the GPS or choose Edövägen 2.

You can log in to www.1177.se to see if it is the case that you have a free card, then no invoice will be sent for your visit if it is the case that what you came here for is care, which is county council-financed. If you don’t have a free card, call us on phone number 08-40014030 and we can send you your invoice.

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Do not take medications that increase the risk of bleeding in the last 10 days before surgery.
ASA class: e.g. Thrombyl, Albyl, Acetylsalicylic acid
NSAID class: e.g. Ipren, Voltaren, Diclofenac
If you take other medicines regularly that should be avoided before the operation, the anesthesiologist will let you know.

Refrain from health preparations and herbal remedies containing Omega fatty acids or Vitamin E in the last 10 days before the operation. These preparations make you bleed more easily.

Avoid nicotine in all forms. Cigarettes, snuff, nicotine gum, nicotine patches and e-cigarettes must not be used from one week before the operation to six weeks after the operation. Nicotine constricts blood vessels, which impairs wound healing. It causes both ugly scars and an increased risk of serious complications such as infections and ruptured wounds.

Shower your whole body thoroughly, wash yourself with descutan (purchased at the pharmacy) the night before the operation, you may use your own products. Bed with clean bed linen for the last night at home. Shower at home in the morning with descutan on the day of surgery and put on clean clothes.

Sterile washing always takes place in the operating room, but you must be clean. Good hygiene is a decisive factor for good healing. Do not use make-up, skin cream, deodorant or perfume and leave your jewelery at home. Take out contact lenses, piercings, hair extensions and remove false nails and nail polish.

Fasting – eight hours before your surgery you must not eat anything. You may drink clear liquids up to four hours before your surgery. Clear liquids are water, coffee, tea and juice (NOTE NO MILK) that you can see through, nothing viscous. If you have not fasted, we cannot perform your operation under anesthesia.

It is very important to follow these instructions. If you have not done so, we may have to postpone your surgery time, which will result in increased costs for you.