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Second Opinion

Pre-operative Testing: For Whose Benefit?

Hosted by Michael Wilkes Jun. 01, 2008 Health & Wellness
We all want our surgery to go as smoothly as possible, but at what point is it not in our best interest to have lots of preoperative tests ordered?

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