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Preop blood tests

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I think it probably varies a little bit from surgeon to surgeon, but I know with mine they were looking for major nutritional deficiencies, anemia, liver function, lurking problems with infections and clotting, pre-diabetes, and they also checked for signs of things like blood cancers/disorders (leukemia etc.) -- things that might signal underlying health problems that either would make surgery contraindicated or tell them they need to take steps to protect my health during surgery. They may have tested for HIV as well but I honestly don't remember! That seems like something that a hospital would want to know before they start operating on you though.

All of what @@Bufflehead said, and hopefully LFTs to check the health of your gallbladder too. Good luck!

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