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What Are The Preoperative Protocols Recommended While Having Hardware Implants In The Knee?

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Posted on Thu, 16 Feb 2017
Question: Pre-Surgery Protocols for people with hardware in place such as medal plate/ knee replace
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Answered by Dr. Ahmed Aly Hassan (56 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
full lab investigations ( blood sampling , CBC , INR , PT , PTT , RBS ) after taking full history and physical evaluation .

Detailed Answer:
Hi i am Dr Ahmed Aly
thanks for using healthcaremagic site ,
I had gone through your question and understand your concerns ..

For my patients i would ask my patient for :
(A) physical evaluation and full history of any underlying diseases and prescribe medical treatment and instructions needed .
(B) Followed by full lab investigations , X rays , MRI and CT for proper evaluation .
(C) send them to the anesthesiology specialist for exact management needed preoperative and dating of fasting of food and drink
(D) discuss it with my patient before it .

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What Are The Preoperative Protocols Recommended While Having Hardware Implants In The Knee?

Brief Answer: full lab investigations ( blood sampling , CBC , INR , PT , PTT , RBS ) after taking full history and physical evaluation . Detailed Answer: Hi i am Dr Ahmed Aly thanks for using healthcaremagic site , I had gone through your question and understand your concerns .. For my patients i would ask my patient for : (A) physical evaluation and full history of any underlying diseases and prescribe medical treatment and instructions needed . (B) Followed by full lab investigations , X rays , MRI and CT for proper evaluation . (C) send them to the anesthesiology specialist for exact management needed preoperative and dating of fasting of food and drink (D) discuss it with my patient before it . Please click THANK YOU and consider a 5 star rating with some positive feedback if the information was helpful. Hope the above information helps you, Any further clarifications feel free to ask.