For my heart cauterization, my wife dropped me off at 6:30am I went home at 1:30 in the afternoon.
The procedure takes maybe 30 minutes, the rest is getting you ready, basically shave groin in case the wrist isn’t an option, your balls will get basically shaved.
Then a 2-hour minimum post procedure laying bed to make sure no internal bleeding is happening.
You are not totally out, just mild anesthesia, you are fully aware of what’s going on around you.
Evidently this surgeon thinks I need immediate attention, so be it if that’s what he thinks.