Sentences with phrase «risks than surgery»

Minimally invasive approaches like the new MRI - guided laser ablation technique might produce similar seizure control with lower risks than surgery.

Not exact matches

Patients who exercised more than others had a lower readmission risks following cancer surgery.

Manning, as you may recall, missed all of the 2011 season because of neck surgery and was cut by the Colts because they felt they couldn't risk more than $ 26 million guaranteed on a quarterback they didn't know whether would ever be fully healthy again.

«Toddlers are at higher risk of developing cavities than at any other stage of development,» Dr. Manuel A. Cordero, a New Jersey - based doctor of dental surgery and president at Academy of General Dentistry, tells Romper in an email interview.

The supine sleep position does not increase the risk of choking and aspiration in infants, even those with gastroesophageal reflux, because they have protective airway mechanisms.8, 9 Infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position for every sleep, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from complications of gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS (ie, those with upper airway disorders, for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired), 10 including infants with anatomic abnormalities such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

The AAP supports the recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, which state that infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS84 — specifically, infants with upper airway disorders for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired, which may include infants with anatomic abnormalities, such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts, who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

«Factors for higher risk of death following hip fracture surgery than hip replacement.»

Smoking overall, however, was unrelated to the risk of readmission without surgery, or for reoperation for reasons other than infections.

In an analysis of Medicare billing data submitted by more than 2,300 United States physicians, researchers have calculated the average number of surgical slices, or cuts, made during Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), a procedure that progressively removes thin layers of cancerous skin tissue in a way that minimizes damage to healthy skin and the risks of leaving cancerous tissue behind.

Patients undergoing surgery for a hip fracture were older and had more medical conditions than patients who underwent an elective total hip replacement, factors that may contribute to the higher risk of in - hospital death and major postoperative complications experienced by hip fracture surgery patients, according to a study in the September 15 issue of JAMA.

«Complications from thyroid cancer surgery more common than believed, study finds: Large population - based study identifies 3 groups most at risk of post-operative complications.»

In other words, regardless of surgery timing, patients who require higher risk procedures, such as a major liver resection due to the presence of larger or multiple metastatic tumors or high - risk colorectal resections, have poorer outcomes than those who underwent more minor surgery.

Among women diagnosed with early - stage breast cancer in California, the percentage undergoing a double mastectomy increased substantially between 1998 and 2011, although this procedure was not associated with a lower risk of death than breast - conserving surgery plus radiation, according to a study in the September 3 issue of JAMA.

New results from a clinical trial involving more than 900 military veterans at high risk for keratinocyte carcinoma skin cancer provides evidence that using the generic skin cream fluorouacil 5 percent for two to four weeks may reduce the risk of a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) needing surgery by 75 percent within a year.

«To put the risks in perspective, if 100 patients had a partial knee rather than a total knee replacement there would be one fewer death and three more re-operations in the first four years after surgery.»

If the surgery is assumed to have essentially a one - time risk for infection, after five years of extrapolation, contact lens wearers would show 11 more cases per 10,000 than those with surgery.

Particularly at risk are people with compromised immune systems (HIV and transplant patients), those who are aging, recovering from gastrointestinal surgeries or are on antibiotics for more than three days to treat other illnesses.

«Sex reassignment surgery may be better for transgender women's health than hormones only: Study investigates metabolic disease risk after receiving only hormone therapy compared to surgery.»

«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.

The results suggest that among patients with no cardiac risk factors having noncardiac surgery, those patients receiving β - blockers were 1.2 times more likely to die than those not receiving β - blockers.

Brooke, along with co-researchers at Dartmouth College, examined records of more than 12,000 Medicare beneficiaries who underwent open surgery to repair a thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), a high - risk procedure, and almost 53,000 who received a ventral hernia repair (VHR), a lower - risk operation, between 2003 - 2010.

However, for patients having noncardiac surgery with three to four cardiac risk factors, those receiving β - blockers were significantly less likely to die than those not receiving β - blockers, the authors found.

«Patients who received Lucentis showed a little bit better central vision, much less loss of their side vision, and substantially less risk for surgery than patients who received laser treatment,» said Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center and Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.

When tested on 335 high - risk lesions, the model correctly diagnosed 97 percent of the breast cancers as malignant and reduced the number of benign surgeries by more than 30 percent compared to existing approaches.

It would technically allow eternal life, should we have infinite «replacement parts»; the challenge is making sure all these «parts» work together and we have the «least» amount of «repairing» going on to try to minimize «excessive invasion of the body with «Replacements» and end up «messing» things up (like a failed surgery procedure after than 100th one... there is this risk) OncoSENS - Stopping Cancer at the Starting Line (That is Extremely impressive, it will save so many lives, nothing more to add; and, perhaps one more thing, it will slow epigenetic aging of Already cancer patients giving them hope to at least post pone it should it fail at eradicating it.)

Actress Angelina Jolie made waves today with her announcement that she recently had both of her breasts removed after testing positive for the BRCA 1 gene mutation — a surgery that she says cut her risk of breast cancer from 87 percent to less than 5 percent.

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.

«Especially when compared to other things like knee replacement or a big orthopedic surgery or microfracture or a laminectomy, the risk profile of this is far less than all of them.»

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.

I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer is higher than my risk of ovarian cancer, and the surgery is more complex.»

Infection is the biggest risk, however those who wear contact lenses are up to ten times more likely to get an infection than people who have laser eye surgery.

Doctors considered performing surgery to remove the fetus, but ultimately decided that operating on a 91 - year - old patient posed more risk than leaving it alone.

FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- After weight - loss surgery, women may have a lower risk of heart disease than men, a new study suggests.

Yet another study, a meta - analysis of seven clinical trials involving about 1,150 patients with bleeding ulcers, found that higher doses of proton pump inhibitors did not reduce the risk of additional bleeding, need for surgery, or death more effectively than lower doses did.

There is a small risk of dying during surgery (though some procedures have a lower risk than others), and you may need to radically change the way you consume food for the rest of your life.

Ron Hines DVM PhD says «the risks of general anesthesia are usually greater than that of the surgery itself.»

In 2012, the new grant program will help 65 non-profit spay / neuter clinics around the nation provide high - quality, affordable spay / neuter surgeries for more than 23,000 cats and pit bull terriers during February and August — ultimately reducing the homeless pet population by tens of thousands of at - risk cats and dogs that would otherwise wind up in shelters because of unplanned litters, said Susana Della Maddalena, executive director of

We do so through comprehensive rescue and prevention efforts: pulling at - risk animals out of the city's shelter and placing them in loving adoptive and foster homes, and providing low - or no - cost veterinary services and spay / neuter surgery to disadvantaged pet owners, enabling pets to remain as cherished family members rather than face abandonment and preventing the birth of unwanted litters.

This makes a typically elective surgery more stressful than it needs to be and carries the additional risk of bleeding problems during the surgery or post-operatively.

We operate the largest spay / neuter clinic in the country with more than 20,000 surgeries a year targeting the animals that are most at risk of straining our partner shelters.

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.

Therefore, the risks of serious complications posed by this method of surgery are higher than is the case with traditional surgery.

For this reason, doctors will generally be conservative rather than risk removing too much tissue, thus, entropion correction may require a second surgery if adequate correction is not achieved initially.

A pet who has been «down» for more than 24 hours runs a risk of a lesser outcome from surgery than a pet who goes immediately to surgery following a rupture.

Studies have shown that cats altered at less than six months of age do not have an increased risk of physical or behavioral problems, as compared to those that undergo surgery later.

It is important to note than in the case of kidney stones, treatment will only be administered if the stones are large enough to be causing significant damage, as kidney surgery is a complicated surgery bearing more risk.

Puppies and kittens with diarrhea who are younger than 6 months of age and who live in crowded conditions, poor sanitation, or are under stress due to surgery, pregnancy, or illness are at a higher risk.

The cost of your pet's spay / neuter surgery is a lot less than the cost of having and caring for a litter, treating cancers and other medical conditions that spaying / neutering can eliminate or significantly reduce the risks of occurring, and treating injuries caused by fights.

Using two or more pain control methods after hip and knee replacement surgery rather than opioid painkillers alone reduces risks to patients, a new study finds.

Declawing cats presents more risks for complications than most other elective surgeries.