Will my surgery be cancelled because of my high blood pressure?

Without knowing the actual number or the chronicity of your high blood pressure, it is somewhat difficult to give you a satisfying answer.  As a matter of practice, most surgeons will check with a patient's primary care provider in determining whether the patient is a safe candidate for elective surgery.  Your primary care provider who has presumably been following you for your blood pressure as well ordering the appropriate diagnostic studies would be best positioned to discuss this with your surgeon.  You should absolutely make sure your primary care provider has communicated directly with your surgeon regarding this issue before proceeding.  Episodic hypertension is not a contraindication for surgery.  Severe hypertension which has not been adequately worked up may be a different story.  Hope this helps.  Good luck!

Your internist and your surgeon should speak so that everyone is on the same page. If the anxiety is situational, there are medications that you could take to treat the anxiety before surgery. Your surgeon is going to be the best one to make the call as to whether or not surgery is safe for you. Best, Dr. Nazarian

Your surgeon and anaesthesiologist should know about this in advance.  It is always better to be safe when talking about elective surgery.  If you have particularly high blood pressure your GP will consider putting you on medications to lower it.Dr Rodger ShorttOakville Plastic SurgeonDirector of Cosmetic Surgery Training &Assistant Clinical Professor,McMaster University