The success of the germ theory of disease had not only enabled physicians to combat many of the postoperative complications of surgery, but had made the wider public deeply suspicious of dirt and bodily secretions.
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Over the past decade, the outcomes of laparoscopic appendectomies have compared favorably to those for open appendectomies because of decreased pain, fewer postoperative complications, shorter hospitalization, earlier mobilization, earlier return to work, and better cosmesis.
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Another published study, " Smoking Cessation Reduces Postoperative Complications : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, " examined six randomized trials and 15 observational studies to look at the effects of preoperative smoking cessation on postoperative complications.
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In a recent letter to the housing authority, her psychiatrist, Dr . Jonathan Worth, said that Sadat was under his care for neurocognitive complications following brain surgery for intractable seizures, and that postoperative complications were significant.
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Another published study, " Smoking Cessation Reduces Postoperative Complications : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, " examined six randomized trials and 15 observational studies to look at the effects of preoperative smoking cessation on postoperative complications.
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With the exception of significantly more postoperative complications in the GTR group, there was no evidence of clinically important differences between GTR and EMD . Bone substitutes may be associated with less gingival recession than EMD ."
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A significant positive effect was noted in trials where smoking cessation occurred at least four weeks prior to surgery; 3 ) For the six randomized trials, they demonstrated on average a relative risk reduction of 41 % for postoperative complications.
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The currently used surgical tracheotomy technique was described in 1909 by Chevalier Jackson ( 1865 1958 ), a professor of laryngology at inhalational anesthetic agents and techniques of general anesthesia actually seemed to increase the risks, with many patients suffering fatal postoperative complications.
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Study parameters have looked at intraoperative patient preparation time, length of time to perform the operation, adequacy of the removed surgical specimen with respect to clear surgical margins and number of lymph nodes removed, blood loss, operative or postoperative complications and long-term results.
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The findings were : 1 ) taken together, the studies demonstrated decreased the likelihood of postoperative complications in patients who ceased smoking prior to surgery; 2 ) overall, each week of cessation prior to surgery increased the magnitude of the effect by 19 %.
