Sentences with phrase «longer than surgery»

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Lest common sense fail to convince readers that surgery is not a treatment for a mental disorder, a Swedish study published in 2011 found that over the long term, 324 people who had undergone sex - reassignment surgery demonstrated an alarmingly high suicide rate and experienced considerably higher numbers of severe psychiatric problems than were present in the general population.

True, the surgery is less drastic than that symmetrical hemisection performed by Apollo on the original circle - men in Aristophanes» tale, each half then longing to find and unite sexually with its missing other half.

As a rule, recovery from surgery on the posterior cruciate ligament — which is usually around eight months — is known to take longer than it would following an operation on the anterior cruciate ligament.

I would be slowly prepped for a surgery that would take much longer than the first.

When the baby remains in a posterior position (5.5 % of labors), the mother is more likely to experience a longer than average labor (both first and second stages); the use of synthetic oxytocin to augment (speed up) labor; epidural for pain relief and a cesarean surgery.

Recovery from the surgery can take longer than a vaginal delivery and you will probably be in the hospital for a day or longer.

Officials at Long Island's only veterans hospital kept local members of Congress in the dark over problems that have closed the facility's operating rooms for more than two months, forcing scores of surgery patients to seek care in centers as far away as the Bronx and Manhattan.

Melanie Vandyke was among the first dozen people to undergo laser epilepsy surgery at Wake Forest Baptist, and although she was discharged from the hospital the following day it took much longer than that for her to regard the operation as a success.

In examining the STS - CMS linked data, researchers found that the median survival following lung cancer surgery for pathologic Stage I (early stage) was 6.7 years, almost 2 years longer than the benchmark 5 - year survival rate.

Fewer than half of all patients who undergo surgery for lung cancer survive as long as 5 years.

In her own research on hip fracture, which was cited in Guyatt's study, she found that the time a patient had to wait before surgery — which was significantly longer in Canada than the U.S. because of a shortage of operating rooms — made only a 1 percent difference in terms of mortality.

Newer drug - coated stents that keep arteries open have similar long - term rates of death compared with traditional bypass surgery for patients with more than one diseased coronary artery.

The treatment had few serious adverse events; however, five patients had pain that persisted for longer than usual following the surgery (more than 3 - 4 days) and one had an infection at the site of the surgery which resulted in the electrodes needing to be removed and re-implanted.

All of them were too frail for heart - transplant surgery and were not expected to survive longer than a year without artificial assistance.

Firefighters who responded in the first two days of the World Trade Center disaster and those who worked at the site for six months or longer are more likely to need sinus surgery than firefighters whose exposure to the site's caustic dust was less intense or shorter term, according to new research published in the American Thoracic Society journal Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

«Our study suggests that follow - up with bariatric specialists more than 5 years after surgery, rather than with specialists with no bariatric expertise, can decrease long - term anemia risk.

«We have long known that men begin to lose their sense of smell some years sooner than women, but this is the first study to point to racial or ethnic differences,» said study author Jayant Pinto, MD, associate professor of surgery at the University of Chicago.

Minimally invasive surgery is the practice of performing surgical procedures through tiny cuts rather than long incisions.

The work that garnered the honor, «An analysis of the risk and benefit of neoadjuvant chemotherapy among patients undergoing surgery for non-small cell lung cancer,» examined data from more than 134,000 patients in the National Cancer Database to assess the impact of neoadjuvant therapy on perioperative outcomes, as well as long - term survival.

Despite aggressive therapy with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, long - term survival for HGG patients remains less than 20 percent.

Surgery patients covered by Medicaid come into their operations with worse health, do worse afterward, stay in the hospital longer and find themselves back in the hospital more often than those covered by private insurance, a new U-M analysis finds.

For instance, although none of the study participants had diabetes, people with higher pre-surgery levels of the hormone insulin had a lower long - term risk of heart attacks and strokes than people with lower insulin levels who also had surgery.

It's important to understand, for instance, that women who undergo CPM don't have a higher quality of life, on average, than those who choose less invasive treatment options — and they may even have lower levels of physical well - being, according to a study by Dr. Hwang, because the surgery itself has side effects that can cause long - lasting problems.

That's one reason why after surgery your primary care team will try to get you up and moving sooner than later, rather than keeping you on bed rest as long as possible.

In contrast, the patients who received the essential amino acids took no longer to perform the tasks than they did before surgery.

The placebo - taking control group took 32 % longer than they did before undergoing the knee - replacement surgery.

«In that case a woman might need chemotherapy, which involves longer period of time and more side effects and out - of - pocket costs than, say, the surgery and maybe radiation she'd need for stage 1.»

Dating doesn't have to feel like open - heart surgery, says professional relationship coach Lauren Frances Long ago, when romance seekers hunted in the field (aka bars) rather than cyberspace, Lauren Frances organized Man Trap Packs — posses of single women who hit the town to find love.

In episode 208, from nutty diets to expensive facial creams that don't do anything, the magicians blow apart the efforts by those who are living longer than ever to turn back the clock, whether they are lining up for Botox injections or extensive plastic surgery.

Unfortunately, the large majority of the cash went toward Tim and Eric living a lifestyle of Hollywood excess, complete with plastic surgeries, stylists, an expensive life coach (Zach Galifianakis) who has magical powers for no reason except that there's no reason for him to have magical powers, and piercings (The movie gives us a long look in close and medium shots of Eric getting a genital piercing (using, we assume and hope, a prosthetic), which is the first of a few reasons why the MPAA's decision to give this an R rating is a bigger point of offense than anything in the movie, especially considering the ratings board's tendency to overreact to naughty words).

It has now been more than three months since he had heart surgery and the average dog with his condition would not have made it this long.

Do not neuter your rabbit if it is younger than four months of age, not only is the surgery more difficult due to the immature condition of the reproductive organs (in males the testicles might not even be descended into the scrotal sacs prior to three months) but the long term effects on the endocrine system of the body in lieu of the removal is unknown and may possibly be harmful.

The difference between a vet and a vet tech is that a vet goes to school for longer than a vet tech and a vet can diagnose, prescribe medications, and perform surgery, which a vet tech can not do.

However, patient selection is far more important in FHO's than in THR's since the FHO is not initially as stable as the THR and the surgery has a much longer recovery period (good weight bearing seem typically within 1 month and full recovery in 4 to 6 months).

A paradigm shift is in order in recommending total hip replacement surgery from «wait until it is absolutely necessary because nothing else works any longer» to «perform hip replacement surgery sooner rather than later.»

• Lethargy lasting longer than 24 hours after surgery, diarrhea or vomiting are not normal and you should contact a veterinarian immediately.

Although clinical signs may resolve after surgery and the response appears favorable in the first few years, long - term follow - up (more than 3 years) suggests that signs recur in 40 to 50 percent of dogs with partial shunt legations.

Less than 36 hours after Squish's surgery, human and pup made the long drive from Ohio to Texas.

Gwenda, I am sure you more than most appreciate the difficulties in determining a prognosis without examining Lizzie or observing x-rays etc... Whilst surgery can be risky in older dogs and the ability for the body to heal takes longer with age; the severity of the injury will ultimately determine the prognosis.

Fluid therapy must be administered to assist the kidneys in flushing the toxins from the bloodstream, antibiotic drugs must be administered throughout the dog's recovery from surgery, and the dog's incision is notably longer than that of a standard spay that is performed on a healthy dog.

Trap the night before surgery is scheduled if possible, so the cat need not stay in the trap longer than necessary.

Because it involves bone cutting of the shaft of the tibia bone, and a thick bone plate on the leg, and time needed to heal the bone, the recovery from surgery is longer than in Tightening procedures, and client compliance on home care is vital.

Healing times are generally longer than spay or neuter surgery to ensure that the hematoma does not recur.

If the cat is not recovering well from surgery for any reason (no longer than 48 hours) and needs further care, please seek medical care.

A study reported in Veterinary Medicine in August 1995 compared puppies sterilized at about eight weeks of age with littermates spayed or neutered at seven months and found that the younger puppies recovered more quickly from the surgery than the adolescents but by 18 months of age had slightly longer radii (front leg bones).

Henri Matisse in the 1940s had endured the failure of a marriage of more than forty years, further displacement by the Nazis, and colon surgery that left him unable to stand for long or to paint.

Unfortunately, revision surgery is a difficult, painful, and longer process than the initial hip replacement.

Treatment may include non-surgical care, such as physical therapy, but more often than not, surgery is required for long - term relief.

If your recovery period is longer than this and if you have had follow up surgery including the need for annual check - ups there is a good chance you have been the victim of clinical negligence.

Lucky, a St. Bernard retriever mix, needed eye surgery, which was an extremely long procedure and ended up costing more than expected — a hefty $ 5,000.