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- noun surgery A second or subsequent
operation
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Now, had I said that 15 years ago it always meant reoperation, but there's amazing new strides being done in catheter techniques.
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According to the data released Wednesday, 20% to 40% of women receiving implants for augmentation had a reoperation in the first eight to 10 years after getting the implants.
FDA Leaves Silicone Implants on Market Despite Risks Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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Thus, although the risk of death appears low, around 1 in 20 cases may require reoperation due to a perioperative complication.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Complications of Sleeve Gastrectomy 2009
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Elderly patients invariably heal slowly and less well, they have associated illnesses that increase the dangers of surgery and they have higher complication and reoperation rates.
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Nevertheless, uncertainties remain regarding several important aspects including impact on patient quality of life, impact of surgeon experience on outcome, late complications leading to reoperation, duration of comorbidity remission, and resource utilisation.
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In the published articles, the median complication was 4.5%, with 3.6% of procedures requiring reoperation.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Complications of Sleeve Gastrectomy 2009
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The authors calculate that it would actually require a study of more than 3,000 procedures to detect halving the odds of reoperation.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Complications of Sleeve Gastrectomy 2009
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In contrast, while banding was clearly safer and had significantly fewer perioperative and medium-term complications, there was a wide variation in weight loss with almost 1 in 5 patients considered a treatment failure, some requiring reoperation or conversion to bypass.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » To Band or To Bypass? That is the Question 2009
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Major adverse events following surgery, some necessitating reoperation, included anastomosis leakage, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, band slippage and band erosion.
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Because leaks and reoperation in this series were preceded by large increments in intraabdominal pressure, the authors propose that more attention to staple line reinforcements that increase burst pressure may be warranted.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Complications of Sleeve Gastrectomy 2009
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