Physical therapy hastens recovery and insures a greater chance of full return to
function than surgery alone.
Not exact matches
At two years after treatment, more
than 57 percent of men who had normal sexual
function prior to treatment reported poor sexual
function after
surgery, compared with 27 percent who reported poor sexual
function after external beam radiation, 34 percent after brachytherapy, and 25 percent after active surveillance.
After
surgery, the obese women also performed better on a test measuring executive
function — the brain's ability to connect past experience and present action —
than they did before the procedures.
Researchers at Henry Ford in Detroit analyzed data and shoulder
function scores from two patient cohorts with osteoarthritis who had
surgery: 262 patients under 65 and 103 patients older
than 75.
This
surgery gets dogs back to normal
function faster and has fewer potential complications
than other available treatment options.
Fat pets are at a greater risk during anesthesia and
surgery since they have reduced lung
function, decreased liver and kidney
function, greater risk of wound infection, and require more anesthetic
than normal pets.
The same 2005 study found that 15 % of dogs undergoing this
surgery returned to normal leg
function — no greater
than the number that would have recovered without
surgery.
A 2005 study found that 14.9 % of dogs undergoing this
surgery returned to normal leg
function - no greater
than the number that would have recovered without
surgery.
The 2005 study found that 10.9 % of dogs undergoing TPLO
surgery returned to normal leg
function - no greater
than the number that would have recovered without
surgery.
For larger dogs a non-surgical approach for a complete cruciate rupture is not at all recommended as the dog will likely never regain full range of motion, never return to normal
function and have much more arthritic pain
than without
surgery.
A study by Kent State University psychology professor John Gunstad recently found that among people who had underwent weight - loss
surgery, those with better memory and executive
function went on to lose more weight
than those with poorer cognitive skills.