PSYCHICAL END-RESULTS FOLLOWING MAJOR SURGICAL OPERATIONS

Myocardial infarction following surgical operations.

One hundred and forty-one randomly selected surgical patients, aged 35 years or over, were studied preoperatively, followed through their operative procedures, and reassessed during the first post-operative week for evidence of myocardial ischaemia associated with surgical operations under general anaesthesia. Of these patients 38% were found to have preoperative clinical evidence of heart dise...

Evaluation of serum zinc changes following the major operations in term neonates who need major operation

Background: This study aimed to investigate the changes of serum zinc in term neonates who need major operation. Materials and Methods: In this study, 59 neonates who need major operation were studied. All patients underwent major surgical with high stress. The metabolic response to surgery was studied by measuring the serum zinc before and after surgery (24 hours and at discharge time postoper...

Primary payer status affects mortality for major surgical operations.

OBJECTIVES Medicaid and Uninsured populations are a significant focus of current healthcare reform. We hypothesized that outcomes following major surgical operations in the United States is dependent on primary payer status. METHODS From 2003 to 2007, 893,658 major surgical operations were evaluated using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) database: lung resection, esophagectomy, colectomy...

The End-Results of Operations on the Stomach and Duodenum

Risk factors for surgical site infection following orthopaedic spinal operations.

BACKGROUND Surgical site infections are not uncommon following spinal operations, and they can be associated with serious morbidity, mortality, and increased resource utilization. The accurate identification of risk factors is essential to develop strategies to prevent these potentially devastating infections. We conducted a case-control study to determine independent risk factors for surgical ...