User's Manual

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CHAPTER 3 Implanting the Medtronic
MiniMed 2007D Pump
System
Hospitalization
You will be admitted to the hospital to have your Medtronic MiniMed 2007D
Implantable Insulin Pump surgically implanted and stabilized. Your Pump
System will also be programmed and tested prior to your leaving the hospital.
Your hospitalization will consist of three types of procedures:
• Pre-Operative Procedures
• Implantation Procedures
• Post-Operative Procedures
Pre-operative procedures
You will have blood drawn, be given diagnostic procedures, and possibly
other tests before your scheduled surgery date. You should ask your doctor
what tests will be required before your Pump is implanted. You may also meet
with an Anesthesiologist or Surgeon prior to the surgery.
The Pump will be implanted in your abdominal area. Your doctor will discuss
the exact location of implantation with you. The choice of a Pump site may
depend upon the catheter location and the size and shape of your body or
whether or not you have had any previous abdominal surgery, such as an
appendectomy.
The Pump may be implanted using either local or general anesthesia. This
decision will be made by you, your doctor, the Surgeon, and the Anesthesiolo-
gist. If local anesthesia is chosen, you will be awake during the implantation
but the pump site will be numbed. Under general anesthesia, you will be kept
asleep during the procedure by the anesthesiologist.