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What are the risks associated with gastroenterologic surgery?
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.
What does gastroenterologic surgery include?
Gastroenterologic surgery includes a variety of surgical procedures performed on the organs and conduits of the digestive system.
What are the mortality and morbidity rates associated with hand surgery?
Mortality following hand surgery is virtually unknown. The rates of complications depend on the nature of the patient's disorder or injury and the specific surgical procedure used to treat it.
What is the morbidity rate with portal vein bypass?
Liver cirrhosis is a major medical problem worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality from its complications.Portal vein bypass surgery is high risk because it is performed on patients who are generally in poor health.
What are the morbidity and mortality rates following hemangioma excision?
Morbidity and mortality resulting from this surgery is close to zero, particularly because of the new surgical techniques and tools that prevent intra-operative bleeding of the tumor.
What is the morbidity rate with elective surgery?
Success, morbidity, and mortality rates are also dependent on the elective procedure itself. A physician and/or surgeon should be able to provide a patient with statistical information on success rates for a specific elective surgery.
Who performs gasteroenterologic surgery?
Gastroenterologic surgery is performed by urologists, internists, and other specialists in digestive diseases and disorders.
What are the goals of minimally invasive heart surgery?
Faster recovery time, decreased procedure costs, and reduced morbidity and mortality are the goals of this technique.
What morbidity and mortality rates are associated with hepatectomy?
Liver cancer may be cured by hepatectomy, although surgery is the treatment of choice for only a small fraction of patients with localized disease. Prognosis depends on the extent of the cancer and of liver function impairment.
What is the morbidity and mortality rate of phacoemulsification?
Phacoemulsification has taken the previous risks from cataract surgery, making it a much safer procedure. Before phacoemulsification, death after cataract surgery was still rare.Other serious complications such as blindness also have been reduced.
Why do you need to reduce blood sugar levels in a patient with DM about to undergo a surgery?
Multiple studies have shown better outcome with less mortality and morbidity in patients with DM when they had lower blood sugar levels.
What chances exist for morbidity following penile implant surgery?
On a purely technical basis, morbidity associated with a surgically implanted penile implants is relatively uncommon, and is usually due to a post-surgical infection or to mechanical failure of the implanted device.
