Prenatal surgery is considered high risk. The placenta may be nicked causing preterm labor. Preterm labor is the most common complication of prenatal surgery. Fetoscopic surgeries are less dangerous.
The risks in gastroenterologic surgery are largely confined to wounds or injuries to adjacent organs; infection; and the general risks of open surgery that involve thrombosis and heart difficulties.
Extensive blood loss, general anesthesia complications, side effects, rupture of the uterine incision, infection, psychological stress, inability to have more children, death.
Blood loss, internal injuries and the risks associated with surgery to extract the bullet.
Premature birth, birth during surgery, infection, spinal cord and nerve damage when treating spina bifida, brain damage, physical deformities, death.
Organ rejection, excessive bleeding, and infection are other major risks associated with this surgery.
The risks involved in club foot repair are the general risks associated with anesthesia and surgery. Adverse reactions to medications, breathing problems, excessive bleeding, infections.
Thoracotomy should not be performed on patients whose general health status will not tolerate major surgery. Any surgery carries with it risks associated with general anesthesia and possibility of infection.
All surgery, especially under general anesthesia, carries certain risks, such as the risk of scarring, hemorrhaging, infection, and reactions to the anesthesia. Pelvic surgery can also cause internal scarring which can lead to discomfort years afterward.
Careful injection of local anesthesia or nerve blocks create sufficient numbness to allow the surgery to be performed painlessly, without the risks associated with general anesthesia.
There are few risks associated with this surgery. The main complications are infection, bleeding, dislodgment of the tube, stomach bloating, nausea, and diarrhea.
Serious risks for the mother and fetus, a hospital stay for the procedure, may have to stay near the hospital until delivery, extended postoperative bed rest (possibly until delivery), financial commitment.
The major risks associated with limb salvage are: superficial or deep infection at the site of the surgery; loosening, shifting, or breakage of implants;