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Preoperative
medical clearance and laboratory tests
All
patients of any age must fill out the questionnaire we send out and
must consult their medical condition wtih their own personal physician.
For all patients, we need:
CBC with differential
PT (Protrombine Time)
PTT (Partial Tromboplastine Time)
HIV
For Patients older than 35:
EKG (Electrocardiogram)
Chest X Ray
Blood Glucose
BUN
Creatinine
Sodium, Potassium
Patients with chronic conditions, such as Arterial Hypertension, Diabetes,Renal
disease or Hyper/Hypothiroidism, must have a written medical clearance
from their personal physician. If you want, all these tests and evaluations
can be arranged for at our Clinic; however, if we find any safety
risk for the surgery during such an evaluation,, your surgery could
be canceled or delayed. |
