Preoperative biochemical screening.

Preoperative biochemical screening.

Biochemical investigations are carried out before a surgical operation either because a patient's condition indicates the need or to detect clinically inapparent abnormalities that may affect surgical and anaesthetic management. Nobody would argue about the first indication, but there is little agreement on the second. The inexperience of junior staff together with anxiety about litigation may ...

Preoperative evaluation: screening using a questionnaire.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Prior to elective surgery it is essential to know in advance the patient's clinical condition. The aim of this study was to compare the preoperative evaluation (POE) through questionnaire responses with preanesthetic evaluation by the anesthesiologist. METHOD Prior to their preoperative evaluation, patients answered a questionnaire with information regarding age, weig...

Fewer surgical cancellations occur after preoperative screening.

Fig 1. Biochemical progression-free survival stratified by preoperative PSA

Preoperative plasma endoglin levels predict biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy.

PURPOSE Endoglin (CD105) is a transmembrane glycoprotein expressed by human vascular endothelial cells thought to play a pivotal role in endothelial cell proliferation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of preoperative plasma endoglin levels with established clinical and pathologic features of prostate cancer and disease progression after radical prostatectomy. EXPERIMENTA...