title: Preoperative examination and criteria for office-based surgery.
abstract: The most important part of any surgical procedure is the consideration of all the available criteria and findings in choosing the procedure that will yield the optimum result for that particular deformity. This article addresses the rationale of the preoperative examination and criteria for office-based surgical correction of a variety of deformities.
authors.affiliation: Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, North Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dailey
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D005530:Foot Deformities / Q000601:surgery*; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care