Indications for nephron-sparing surgery may be absolute, relative or elective.
"Cancellations should be kept to an absolute minimum and, in trusts where elective work does need restricting, then the decisions should always be taken using appropriate clinical reviews to ensure patient needs are met".
As for the other two: in the Vatican City (an elective monarchy, styled as an absolute theocracy), the head of state, the Sovereign (who is a Pope), is elected at the papal conclave, while in Andorra (technically a semi-elective diarchy), the joint heads of state are the elected President of France and the Bishop of Urgell, appointed by the Pope.
The inclusion of non-acute hospitalisations for greater coverage of elective procedures will have increased the absolute rates of events but had a negligible effect on relative comparisons.
The authors concluded that an attempted VBAC was associated with an increase risk of perinatal morbidity and mortality when compared with elective repeat caesarean section, although the absolute risks remained small [ 36].
In the group of women who were continent during pregnancy, 8% of the women were incontinent after elective CS and 20% were incontinent after SVD, representing an absolute increase of 12%.
The absolute most effective and permanent way to eradicate gynecomastia for good is through elective cosmetic surgery (plastic surgery).
Absent elective government, this collective, bureaucratic form of government is an essential check on absolute power by an individual, but it can make the Chinese government appear frozen as leaders cannot move from predetermined positions during negotiations.
To a large extent however, the benefit of screening is that acute surgery is replaced by elective surgery and therefore the cost difference between the two types of surgery rather than the absolute costs is relevant to assess.
