Preoperative planning of the surgical patient

9 October 2017 | Deepak Chandrasekharan | Airway assessment, Medical history, Medication reconciliation, Patient preparation, Perioperative antibiotics, Postoperative analgesia, Postoperative nausea and vomiting, Transference of care

This article covers the need to effectively optimise patient status preoperatively to help maximise postoperative outcomes. The article is well written and emphasises close liaison with anaesthetic colleagues particularly regarding airway assessment and nausea and vomiting. As is becoming common now, the case for routine postoperative antibiotics is not supported with a brief coverage of the evidence as pertains to oral surgery. Particularly useful is the consideration of paediatric and geriatric patients. The need to consider anatomical airway differences on the child, and generalised decline in physiological reserve and increased comorbidity in older patients reinforces the author’s point of meticulous preoperative work up. This is a useful article that all surgeons would do well to read to better their patients’ outcomes.

Preoperative preparation and planning of the oral and maxillofacial surgery patient.
Bennett J.
ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
2017;29:131-40.

Preoperative planning of the surgical patient Reviewed by Deepak Chandrasekharan

Preoperative preparation and planning of the oral and maxillofacial surgery patient. Bennett J. ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA 2017;29:131-40.

Preoperative planning of the surgical patient
Reviewed by Deepak Chandrasekharan

Preoperative preparation and planning of the oral and maxillofacial surgery patient.
Bennett J.
ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
2017;29:131-40.