Does more testing in routine preoperative evaluation benefit the orthopedic patient? Case control study from a resource-constrained setting

Routine preoperative tests in healthy patients not only cause extra anxiety, but may delay treatment without influencing surgical plan. This has worse impact in resource-constrained settings where fee for service rather than health insurance is the usual norm. Investigators aim to determine if "routine" pre-operative tests are justified in healthy orthopedic patients.We conducted a non-commercialized, non-funded matched case control study in...