Every day, patients with an upcoming operation roll up their sleeves for blood tests or get heart and lung tests and scans.

A customized, team-based strategy significantly reduced unnecessary pre-operative testing for common elective surgeries, according to a new study led ...

Before surgery, the doctor may order blood and urine tests, and any additional tests such as ultrasound or x rays to help the surgeon visualize the woman's condition. The woman may also meet with the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Many of our local doctors insist on pre-procedure office visits prior to one-morning outpatient procedures such as rotator cuff surgery, colonoscopy and endoscopy. Since I receive ...

Monica da Silva, a critical care and cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was counseling a patient who had been in a car accident. She had suffered a broken bone and ...