Pre Surgery Assessment

The goals of the pre-surgery assessment programme are to ensure you are fully informed and prepared for your surgery:

• We will record baseline measurements and discuss your medical and dietary history with you
• We will assess your current health status and your fitness to undergo surgery
• We want to establish a rapport with you - we are entering a long term partnership for your treatment!
• Help you chose the surgical treatment best suited to your individual circumstances - it is your decision but there are factors which may influence your decision about which surgical treatment option to chose and we will discuss these with you
• Ensure you understand the implications of surgery fully and are willing to co-operate with the treatment plan

The assessment phase generally takes one month to complete and providing everything is in order, surgery is then generally booked for approximately one month later. We urge you to make contact with the patient support group before your operation and we will also make any other arrangements needed to confirm your operation date, including any further tests recommended by the team and a pre-admission assessment. If we do not consider you are suitable for surgery in our programme, we will advise you of other treatment paths you may wish to follow.