FLYING IN FOR SURGERY

When a patient has had a bad outcome from a primary rhinoplasty, they do their research the second time around! This is one of the reasons patients come from all corners of the United States, including New York, Florida, California, Chicago, Virginia, Maine and many others, to seek corrective nasal surgery from Dr. Becker. Patients also come from overseas, from as far away as London, Mexico, Canada, Greece, and Singapore for the same reason. We recognize the additional logistical inconvenience this may present, and we are well equipped to facilitate every step of your treatment. We believe we succeed in our goal, which is to make your experience almost as easy as if our office were just around the corner.

Make Contact

The first step is to call or e-mail our office to make contact. If you wish, you may mail, Fedex or email us. Tell us your story, including what you do not like about your nose, what you would like Dr. Becker to fix about your nose. Include any specific questions or concerns you may have. If you need help or have any questions at this stage, or at any other time, call our office.

Include PHOTOS

Include photos in your message. Try to come as close as possible to the photos in this website. They should be close-up to your face. At a minimum, include front view and right and left side views. Also helpful are the bottom (nostril) view and a right and left side smiling view. The better the photos, the better Dr. Becker can assess your nose.

Dr. Becker’s Assessment

Dr. Becker will assess whether you appear to be a good candidate for corrective surgery in his hands. If so, the office will contact you to discuss pre-operative care, costs, recovery, local accommodations and any questions related to your procedure(s).

Of course, if you want to discuss logistics prior to sending us your photos and other information, you may call and speak with the helpful office staff. If appropriate, Dr. Becker will speak with you by telephone as well.

Schedule Your Procedure

Once you have decided to proceed, no down payment is required. (We trust you!) However, payment is due two weeks prior to your surgery date.

The decision to proceed is tentative. You have not yet been seen or examined as a patient by Dr. Becker, so really, surgery is contingent on a successful meeting prior to surgery. This office visit can be the day before surgery, or it can be the week before or months before – whatever works best for you.

Dr. Becker does not feel that an absolute decision for surgery can be made without an office visit. You need to meet Dr. Becker to make a final decision – and he needs to see you, examine you, look at and feel your nose to give you the 100 percent “green light.” He will have a detailed conversation with you about your goals of surgery. This discussion will include computer imaging, which he finds is an extremely useful tool for establishing the shared surgical goal.

Therefore, while your spot can be reserved prior to your office visit and your payment will be taken 2 weeks prior to surgery, if you do not have surgery for ANY REASON, your payment will be fully refunded. Dr. Becker has found that this approach has been successful in his practice. His patients have told him repeatedly that the confidence they had in him from reading about him on the Internet and seeing examples of his work was only reinforced by their visit to his office and by meeting with him.
Read, Initial, Sign

Shortly after your surgery is scheduled, you will receive a packet in the mail containing pre-operative instructions and procedure consents. These documents must be read carefully and all instructions followed closely. These will be reviewed with you and signed on your office visit prior to surgery.

Where to Fly Into, Where to Stay

Dr. Becker’s offices are conveniently located from Philadelphia International Airport. There are a number of fine hotels to stay in. If you do not have transportation, we will help you make arrangements.

Getting Around

We will help you with every logistical step – getting to the office and the hotel, getting to the surgery center the morning of surgery, getting to the hotel afterwards, and so forth.

The Surgery Center

Dr. Becker operates at the state-of-the-art Surgery Center at Kennedy Hospital. The surgery center is within steps of his office. The anesthesia team, nursing staff, and other team members are top-notch, caring professionals. You will appreciate the nurturing atmosphere you encounter at every step.

The Surgery

You will be instructed on what time to arrive at the surgery center. You will be taken back to the preoperative area where you will be assessed by the nursing staff and by the anesthesia team. Dr. Becker will see you before you receive any medications, to greet you, to review with you the surgical plan, and to answer any last minute questions you may have.

You will be taken to the operating room by a member of the anesthesia team. You may notice your preoperative photos and the “Surgical Goal” pictures, which will be in the operating room taped to the wall. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, Dr. Becker keeps these pictures within easy view so that he can refer to them during the surgery. In this way, he keeps your shared surgical goal foremost in his mind as he strives to achieve this result for you.

After Surgery

After surgery, you will be taken to the recovery room where you will be attended to by the nursing and anesthesia staff. Fortunately, recovery from this surgery is typically fairly brief and uneventful.