From uncovering hidden cancer before bariatric surgery to reversing frailty in heart patients, preoperative care is becoming more precise and impactful. Multidisciplinary teams and telemedicine are ...

The new technology aims to deliver personalized risk estimates and clinician-adjustable insights to support surgical ...

Researchers are exploring whether a virtual reality intervention could reduce preoperative anxiety among patients with cancer ...

Newborns undergoing surgery suffered worse outcomes if they had received preoperative blood transfusion, registry data showed. The incidence of 30-day mortality (16.8% vs 2.6%, P<0.01) and morbidity ...

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, ...

Physicians are urging more structured information sharing before preoperative visits to prevent delays and redundant testing. Public provider directories, performance data, and unified data platforms ...

According to center policies, all patients deemed appropriate for procedures performed at the center are to be interviewed in order to collect a comprehensive patient history, to include medications, ...

Correspondence to Dr Daniel Steffens, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) and Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia; ...

Short-term preoperative radiotherapy and total mesorectal excision have each been shown to improve local control of disease in patients with resectable rectal cancer. We conducted a multicenter, ...

Preoperative breast MRI did not improve LRR, DRFR, or OS outcomes in early-stage breast cancer patients. The trial involved 319 patients, with no significant difference in outcomes between MRI and no ...