Major complications were defined as having occurred if the initial lengthening was achieved, but a complication was still present at the end of the planned treatment and had to be resolved with additional surgery, or remained unresolved; and failing to achieve the planned lengthening, by 1 cm or more.
Bleeding complications still remain a real problem in patients undergoing long-time surgery with extracorporeal circulation.
Although the quality of paediatric diabetes care has markedly improved, hospital visits related to acute complications still constitute a serious burden for the healthcare system [ 4].
However, vascular complications still represent a challenging limitation in transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement due to significant morbidity and mortality [ 4– 7].
Despite recent developments in surgery and patient management during the perioperative period, critical complications still developed in a few patients who had hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Cemented proximal tibial replacement offers a functional knee, but reducing risk of complications still remains challenging.
Their results indicated that even when patients with biliary atresia had made a successful recovery after Kasai surgery, unexpected complications still occurred when they become pregnant.
Percutaneous tracheostomy (PcT) has reached a high level of safety; however, significant perioperative complications still occur.
Despite these advancements, however, a significant complication rate still is associated with abdominoplasty including flap necrosis, seroma, hematoma, infections, fat necrosis, wound dehiscence, and delayed healing.
Nevertheless, postinfarct complications still lead to morbidity and mortality in a large number of patients.
"Eventually, that will help in establishing rule of law". Complications still lie ahead.
