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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Each patient’s situation is different, but we recommend waiting two weeks after your surgery before you start dilating your vagina. Waiting two weeks will let your vagina heal. Your surgeon will give ...

Before surgery, you'll probably get tests to check how well the muscles in your esophagus work, including esophageal manometry and esophageal motility studies. Because you're taking a risk with ...

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.

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 ...

On the Tuesday before the surgery, my wife, Mary, and I met with the surgical team. The session started with a hospital volunteer named Alan, who had undergone bypass surgery in 2006.

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: ...