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Before you have surgery you will have a preoperative ('pre‑op') assessment. You will usually have this at a preoperative assessment clinic, either at the hospital or in your community. At this ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients undergoing midurethral sling surgery, preoperative testing frequently does not adhere to national guidelines, according to a study published in The Journal of Urology.

The initiative, which has been rolled out by the Pre-Operative Assessment Team at the Oswestry-based hospital, aims to identify and address potential health risks at the earliest opportunity in a ...

Patients undergoing major surgery at Stafford Hospital are having their fitness levels tested on exercise bikes in a bid to reduce mortality rates. Patients undergoing major surgery at Stafford ...

We all want our surgery to go as smoothly as possible, but at what point is it not in our best interest to have lots of preoperative tests ordered?

Every day, patients with an upcoming operation roll up their sleeves for blood tests or get heart and lung tests and scans. But in many cases, they don’t actually need to have these tests, because the ...

For many patients, getting ready to have surgery means getting their blood drawn, their heart rhythm checked, or having other ...

Before surgery, you have tests to check your fitness and you meet members of your treatment team. This pre-op assessment usually happens a couple of weeks or a few days before your operation. Then you ...

THE Churchill Hospital is harnessing pedal power to assess the fitness of patients ahead of major surgery, with the hope that it could free up beds. The new Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET) will ...