Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The Nil by mouth (an instruction to withhold food and fluids) status for any surgery should be at least six hours before surgery. So, if your surgery is planned for 11:30 in the morning, you can have your breakfast even at 3:30 or 4 in the morning. However, it is preferred that the longer the duration of fasting, the less the chances of regurgitation (the expulsion of food or liquid from the esophagus or stomach). So, If you want to have breakfast at 2:30 in the morning you can have it.
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