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Assessing the Rates and Reasons of Elective Surgical Cancellations on the Day of Surgery: A Multicentre Study from Urban Indian Hospitals.

Bhakti SarangGeetu BhandoriaPriti PatilAnita GadgilLovenish BainsMonty KhajanchiDeepa Kizhakke VeetilRohini DuttaPriyansh ShahPrashant BhandarkarLileswar KamanDhruva GhoshKavita MandrelleAshwani KumarAkshay BahadurSunil KrishnaKamal Kishore GautamYa DevManisha AggarwalNeil ThivalapillNobhojit Roynull null
Published in: World journal of surgery (2021)
We saw a preponderance of avoidable reasons for elective surgery cancellations. A multidisciplinary approach with adequate preoperative patient counselling, timely communication between the patients and caregivers, adequate preoperative anaesthetic assessment, and planning by the surgical team may help reduce the cancellation rate.
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