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Please read the following before continuing:    1.Only ambulant healthy individuals who are agreeable for LA (i.e. no phobia of blood or needles) should be referred for Direct Access Surgery.    2. Patients with these conditions are not suitable for Direct Access Surgery:  • Below 16 years old   • Non-ambulant patients with poorly controlled comorbidities  • On antiplatelets/ anticoagulants  • Require GA/ Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC)  • Allergy to LA  • Uncooperative patients  • Uncertainty about origin or nature of lump   (e.g. parotid/ submandibular gland origin)    3. Refer to the table below for the inclusion and exclusion criteria for each surgical discipline.

Please ensure above referral criteria is met.

Please ensure above referral criteria is met.

Type of Referral

Patient Particulars

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Referring Centre Particulars

Requested Procedure

Relevant History