Complications, risks, and consequences Estimated frequency Most significant/serious complications Bleeding or hematoma formationa 1–5 % Hernia recurrencea (10 year) For open surgery 0.1–1 % For laparoscopic surgery 1–5 % Testicular…
Complications, risks, and consequences Estimated frequency Most significant/serious complications Mortalitya 1–5 % Failure to remove tumora 1–5 % Infectionb Subcutaneous 1–5 % Wound 1–5 % Intra-abdominal 1–5 % Late…
Complications, risks, and consequences Estimated frequency Most significant/serious complications Infection (overall) 5–20 % Wound 5–20 % Within the catheter 5–20 % Systemic sepsis 1–5 % Bleeding/hematoma formation (wound) 1–5 %…
Complications, risks, and consequences Estimated frequency Oral/airway injurya 1–5 % Bleeding (minor) 5–20 % Rare significant/serious problems Bleeding (major) 0.1–1 % Infection Subcutaneous/wound 0.1–1 % Intrathoracic (pneumonia, pleural) 0.1–1 %…
ASA 1. A normal healthy patient ASA 2. A patient with mild systemic disease ASA 3. A patient with severe systemic disease ASA 4. A patient with severe systemic disease…
Brendon J. Coventry (ed.)Surgery: Complications, Risks and ConsequencesPediatric Surgery201410.1007/978-1-4471-5439-6_1 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 1. Introduction Brendon J. Coventry1 (1) Discipline of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, L5 Eleanor Harrald Building, North Terrace, 5000 Adelaide, SA,…
Complications, risks, and consequences Estimated frequency Most significant/serious complications Labial refusion 5–20 % Further surgery (revision or hematoma drainage) 1–5 % Rare significant/serious problems Urinary tract infectiona 0.1–1 % Less…
