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Surgery puts patients at the mercy of various stresses, both physiological and psychological. Good pre-operative care of surgical patients is essential for optimum post-operative recovery and long-term morbidity. This requires a multi-disciplinary approach with allied healthcare professionals, GPs, nurses, anaesthetists and surgeons collaborating for the best outcome of the patient. This chapter provides an overview of pre-operative care suitable for medical students and surgical trainees.

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  1. GKT School of Medical Education, King’s College London, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 3QD, UK

    Catherine E. Lovegrove BSc(Hons)

  2. St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK

    Fahd Khan MD, MRCS (Eng), MCh MIS(Hons)

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  1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Rebecca A. Fisher

  2. MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London , London, United Kingdom

    Kamran Ahmed

  3. MRC Centre for Transplantation, King’s College London , London, United Kingdom

    Prokar Dasgupta

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Lovegrove, C.E., Khan, F. (2017). Preoperative Care. In: Fisher, R., Ahmed, K., Dasgupta, P. (eds) Introduction to Surgery for Students. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_5

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