Key result
Preoperative patient education helps patients prepare for surgery and reduce perioperative complications.
Preoperative education can help patients prepare for surgery and reduce their risk of perioperative complications.
May support preoperative education in surgical pathways; leaves open confirmation of complication reduction in prospective trials.
Patient education is an important part of obtaining informed consent, but can also be used to educate patients about how to prepare for surgery and help them take responsibility for improving their own health to reduce their risk of perioperative complications.
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Imogen Fecher‐Jones (2021) studied this question. Preoperative patient education helps patients prepare for surgery and take responsibility for improving their health to reduce the risk of perioperative complications.
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