St. Vincent’s Private Hospital offers pre-op assessment to patients who are due to undergo orthopaedic joint replacement.
Pre-op assessment aims to have the patient as fit as possible for surgery by having their complete workup done as an outpatient. Traditionally, patients were admitted to hospital a few days prior to surgery for their workup and pending the results, other clinicians/disciplines input was often required. This often led to delay or cancellation of their operation.