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- Title
"Too much information with little meaning," relevance of preoperative laboratory testing in elective oral and maxillofacial surgeries: A systematic integrative review.
- Authors
Kaur, Taranjit; Chatterjee, Bijoya
- Abstract
Aim: In the recent times due to accessibility of tools and advent of technology advising battery of laboratory tests prior to any electeve surgical procedure has become a norm. This review aims at investigating relevance of such tests in healthy patients undergoing routine elective oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures. Methods: Various search engines were thoroughly searched to identify relevant literature. The population of interest was asymptomatic adults above 18 years of age undergoing elective surgery. Results: The preoperative tests of interest for the current study included complete blood count, coagulation tests, biochemistry, and chest X-rays. An algorithm for preoperative tests has been proposed. Conclusion: We conclude that advising battery of routine tests in such patients leads to further delays and rise in overall cost of the surgery.
- Subjects
ORAL surgery; OPERATIVE surgery; MAXILLOFACIAL surgery; BLOOD cell count; TESTING laboratories; META-analysis; ELECTIVE surgery
- Publication
National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0975-5950
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/njms.NJMS_60_19