This study was conducted to evaluate the incidence and predictor of perioperative complications of the loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) in an outpatient setting at Chiang Mai University Hospital between October 2004 and December 2008. During this time period, 857 women were reviewed. Mean age was 45.1 years (range, 20-78 years). One-fourth of the women were postmenopausal. Eighty-...

OBJECTIVE To document peri operative and post operative complication observed after hysterectomy, regardless of route on the operator. MATERIAL AND METHODS A hospital based prospective study was carried out in department of obstetrics and gynaecology, KMCTH Sinamangal for six months. The study was carried out in patients undergoing hysterectomy who were followed from the time of admission to ...

Perioperative cardiac complications are among the most feared outcomes after surgery. Using evidence-based guidelines and expert opinion, physicians can perform a risk assessment and decide whether further cardiac testing, medical therapy, or coronary intervention is necessary to optimize the patient's medical condition prior to surgery. This article reviews the major concepts and recommendatio...

Yes – death directly due to anaesthesia is less than 1 in a few hundred thousand. However 30 day mortality and morbidity following surgery is common and much of it is cardiac. Worldwide more than 200 million adults have major non-cardiac surgical procedures annually. Millions of these patients will have a major vascular complication (vascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction [MI], nonfatal...

There is continued debate as to the role of laparoscopy in ventral hernia repair, although laparoscopic repair become increasingly popular, its outcomes need further evaluation. For this reason we performed this study comparing open and laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. The main out come measures were operating time, hospital stay, perioperative complication and recurrence rate In this study ...

In a prospective study of 6301 surgical patients in a university hospital, we examined the strength of association between ASA physical status classification and perioperative risk factors, and postoperative outcome, using both univariate analysis and calculation of the odds ratio of the risk of developing a postoperative complication by means of a logistic regression model. Univariate analysis...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that comorbidity, performance of concurrent sleep apnea procedures in addition to uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, body mass index, apnea-hypopnea index, and lowest oxygen saturation are risk factors for serious perioperative complications after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty. DESIGN Prospective cohort and nested case-control studies. SETTING United States Veterans Aff...

BACKGROUND Although the rates of perioperative morbidity and mortality with simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty remain a concern, multiple studies have shown the procedure to be safe in selected patient populations. Evidence also remains mixed regarding the outcomes of total knee arthroplasty in obese patients. The purpose of this paper is to compare the rates of perioperative morbid...