Medical Review Policy

Last updated: August 5, 2026

PrepSurgeryPrep publishes patient-facing education for the questions people commonly ask before surgery, on the day of surgery and during recovery. The goal is practical clarity: what to ask, what to prepare, what warning signs matter, and when your own surgical team must make the final decision.

Who reviews the content

Clinical content is written and reviewed by Dr. Saurabh Shukla, Anesthesiologist. The reviewer block on each clinical page links back to the reviewer profile.

How pages are made

  1. We start with one specific patient question, not a generic topic.
  2. We check current public guidance from recognized medical sources.
  3. We turn the guidance into plain-English actions, checklists or tools.
  4. We add safety limits: when to call your team, when guidance varies, and when local instructions override the page.
  5. We date the page and update it when guidance changes or readers report a gap.

Sources we commonly use

Sources vary by topic, but commonly include guidance from anesthesiology, perioperative, surgical and public-health bodies such as ASA, ASRA, ACOG, ACC/AHA, NICE, NHS, CDC, FDA and major hospital patient-information services. Procedure pages may also use hospital discharge instructions to describe typical recovery milestones.

How tools are handled

Tools on this site are educational calculators and checklists. They use conservative rules and explain the reasoning, but they do not diagnose, prescribe, cancel surgery or replace a clinician. When a topic is especially center-dependent, the result tells you to confirm with your own team.

Advertising and independence

Advertising does not influence the medical content, page conclusions or tool logic. Ads, if present, are there to help cover the cost of keeping the site free. We do not sell personal health information, and the main patient tools run in your browser rather than storing your answers on our server.

Corrections

If a page is unclear, outdated or missing an important safety note, please send the page URL and the issue through the contact page. Corrections are reviewed and, when appropriate, added to the relevant page.

Important limit

This site is general education only. Your surgeon, anesthesiologist, nurse or hospital may give different instructions because they know your operation, medical history and local protocol. Their instructions always come first.