Hemorrhage; pneumothorax; recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, causing hoarseness; infection; tumor implantation in the wound; phrenic nerve injury; esophageal injury; chylothorax; air embolism; transient hemiparesis.
There are many complications that could occur, such as necrosis, meaning death of tissue that would need to be removed. Infection could occur which could move to the bloodstream. Commonly mild side effects are all that one would experience such as swelling, bruising, and mild bleeding.
Studies have shown that mediastinoscopy is a safe, thorough, and cost-effective diagnostic tool with less risk than some other procedures.
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The insertion and removal of the endoscope may stimulate a gag reflex, and can cause some discomfort. The procedure may also irritate the tissues of the nose and throat, causing a nosebleed or coughing.
Other serious complications that may occur are blindness, glaucoma, or hemorrhage.
Under some conditions HBOT fails to cause improvement or complications occur.
Complications that can occur include infection, glaucoma, retinal detachment, cataract formation, and rejection.
There could be some complications of blepharoplasty that are not doctor related. Some of them include infection and bad reactions to anesthesia.
Although lasik surgery complications are rare there are still several that are a possibility to occur. The cut in the cornea to access the eye must be done correctly or it may not stick back to the eye as it should and could lead to an irregular astigmatism or keratoconus. There are also several other possible complications; over correction, under correction, decentered ablations, oversize pupils, of a haze that all may require re-treatment to correct.
Some tests, such as amniocentisis, carry a small risk of a miscarriage or other complications that could harm the mother or baby.
A fecal impaction can cause many complications. Some complications of a fecal impaction can be severe pain, GI bleeding, and could ultimately result in death in left untreated.
Hernia may have several complications, mostly ones that arise post-surgery. If a person does not get out of bed after his or her surgery, they may develop blood clots from lack of movement.