Open Access“Too much information with little meaning,” relevance of preoperative laboratory testing in elective oral and maxillofacial surgeries: A systematic integrative review
Author(s) -
Tamanpreet Kaur,
Bijoya Chatterjee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/njms.njms_60_19
Subject(s) - medicine , oral and maxillofacial surgery , asymptomatic , elective surgery , relevance (law) , population , surgery , general surgery , intensive care medicine , environmental health , political science , law
In the recent times due to accessibility of tools and advent of technology advising battery of laboratory tests prior to any electeve surgical procedure has become a norm. This review aims at investigating relevance of such tests in healthy patients undergoing routine elective oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures.