Here Mr Alexander Rolls, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, discusses the most common question asked in his clinics.
People are interested in knowing whether they should have the Covid-19 vaccine before undergoing their surgery.
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What is the most common question you get asked in clinic? Well interesting you say that now it's oh well my GP's shortlisted me for the Covid vaccine, should I still have it? I think you know the answer and I don't talk about this lightly because at the end of the day you know a patient going for a repair will go into a hospital hospital. And there are, you know, obviously increased chances in a hospital of contracting COVID. And so I think the first question that's usually interesting, the first question is always asked is, should I have my vaccine? The answer is yes, if it's within a reasonable timeframe, and you'll, you know, there's between actually having the vaccine and the time and the scheduled time for surgery. So ideally, the more preparation ahead of, you know, you the more preparation ahead of time in terms of vaccination the better.
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