As expectations for refractive cataract surgery continue to rise, preoperative ocular surface optimization remains essential ...

Preoperative chemotherapy in operable breast cancer has been shown to improve breast conservation rates as a result of tumor response to therapy. When patients are given preoperative systemic therapy, ...

Preoperative evaluation: Take it step by step Identifying patients at higher risk for mortality and morbidity during the perioperative period can lead to strategies to minimize those risks.

Meticulous surgical technique, as exemplified by total mesorectal excision (TME), has improved survival by reducing local recurrences in patients undergoing resection with curative intent (Heald, 1995 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multifocal IOLs, such as the ReZoom IOL (Advanced Medical Optics [AMO]) and the ReSTOR IOL (Alcon), can offer ...

Ambulatory surgery is a major area of surgical and anesthetic practice, and preoperative clinics are being increasingly used for low-risk surgical procedures. This study investigated the impact of ...

Three strategies have been used to predict pulmonary function after lung-resection surgery. The ACCP guidelines state that in patients being considered for lung cancer resection, if either the FEV 1 ...

On March 23, 2023, the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine celebrated the advanced practice providers (APPs) of the UAB Preoperative Assessment, ...

Although there have been no prospective studies that assess the usefulness of preoperative risk assessment with either the CTP or MELD scores, the published data provide a basis for general ...

Objective To determine whether preoperative assessments carried out by appropriately trained nurses are inferior in quality to those carried out by preregistration ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preoperative medical evaluation at a perioperative clinic decreased length of stay after total joint ...