Surgical Pitfalls, their Consequences, Transient Complications

Surgical pitfalls, their consequences, transient complications.

The methodology of this paper is based entirely on the experiential backgrounds of the authors. It outlines those factors which have become recognized as potentially important issues to patients who are considering recommendations of surgical treatment for their intractable epilepsy. Thus, on the one hand, it includes the important generic aspects of Informed Consent, while on the other hand th...

Complications, Pitfalls, and their management in a clinical practice setting

Surgical Complications of Cochlear Implantation

Cochlear implantation is a method used for the treatment of patients with profound hearing loss. This procedure may the accompanied by some major or minor complications. We evaluated the surgical complications of cochlear implantation in Fars province (south of Iran). A total of 150 patients with cochlear implantation were enrolled in the present study. Most of the patients were pre-lingual chi...

The acute complications of peptic ulcer and their surgical treatment.

It will be seen that three of the cases were under forty and two under forty-five. Except for one case, the length of history was measured in years. Seven of the eight ulcer-cancers occurred in the pyloric antrum, thus confirming that it is the chronic ulcer in this situation which is particularly liable to undergo malignant change. Five of the patients are dead, one was dying when last seen an...

Complications and Pitfalls in Maxillofacial Trauma

Complications and pitfalls are unavoidable sequel of any surgical procedure. Although advances have been made in surgical techniques and fi xation devices, these are far from ideal. The aim of trauma surgeon is to restore the patient to pre-injury form and function, but it may not be possible in each and every case. Treatment failure and poor outcome in a case of severe maxillofacial trauma is ...