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A study of 650 patients at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Baltimore, found that only nine patients, or 1.4%, died from complications related to surgery.
About 90% of Marfan patients will develop cardiac complications.
due to diabetic complications
Complications are more often seen among patients who smoke, are overweight, are unfit, have diabetes or other health problems, or have scarring from previous abdominal surgery
Most patients with neurologic complications of Lyme disease recover completely following treatment with antibiotics. Those who do not respond are usually given an additional course of antibiotics
The overall rate of complications associated with abdominoplasty is approximately 32%. This percentage, however, is higher among patients who are overweight; one study placed the complication rate among obese patients at 80%
In the United States, patients experience complications in 3.3% and 3.8% of cases, with those over 65 years of age demonstrating a slightly higher complication rate of 6.1%.
Most patients recover in three to four months, but about 50% have recurrences for several years. Some patients develop complications
Patients who take NSAIDs for longer than six weeks should be monitored periodically for complications.
Continuing to smoke after surgery greatly heightens a person's risks of complications, such as infections in the surgical incision. In one study, more than half of patients who continued smoking after surgery developed complications compared to less than 20 percent who quit. Plus, fewer complications means less time in the hospital for patients who kick the habit.
Patients who take diuretic medications must be checked regularly for the development of hyponatremia.
Patients get better, patients get worse, patients develop complications, patients are sometimes misdiagnosed, and so forth; all sorts of things can happen which will require a doctor to change a prescription.