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Pre-operative Testing: For Whose Benefit?

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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By Michael Wilkes • Jun 1, 2008 • 4m Listen

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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    Michael Wilkes

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