Pre-surgery pregnancy tests can pose ethical questions in the case of producing a positive pregnancy test in states where abortion is banned or restricted, said Dr. Trisha Pasricha, a ...

The study involved 1,143 patients with an average age of 58 seen at U-M Health's three pre-op clinics for outpatient surgery ...

Candidates for epilepsy surgery undergo an extensive pre-surgery evaluation. The tests help to pinpoint the area in the brain where the seizures begin, called the seizure focus, and to determine ...

Many medical facilities require a pregnancy test before surgery — a practice that has dangerous implications in some states with the overturn of Roe v Wade.

Before your bladder cancer surgery. 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 ...

Cardiac Fitness Before Surgery. In this context, knowing the patients in this category is imperative. India is a developing nation where a battery of tests adds to the economic burden.

Pre-weekend surgical patients also fared worse on a composite score combining death, complications and need for rehospitalization, with a 5% increased risk at 30 days and one year following surgery.

A blood test under study may soon be able to help many patients with colon cancer decide whether they need chemotherapy after surgery, or if they can safely skip it.. The results, which ...

A ‘Digital Twin’ of Your Heart Lets Doctors Test Treatments Before Surgery. Researchers create digital replicas of individual patients’ organs using data from exams and wearable devices: ...