Pain that limits respiratory function can have devastating consequences on post-operative recovery; consequently, extensive measures such as epidural catheters, local anesthetic infiltration and nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), are used to maximize analgesia and minimize side effects.
However, we observed a higher prevalence of CS births among women with lower SES compared to the highest SES, which probably reflects the known social gradient in pregnancy complications, and consequently increased need for operative deliveries in women with social deprivation.
We have shown benefits in terms of markedly shorter operative duration with consequently reduced hospital stays and morbidity.
Challenging surgery in obese patients is associated with prolonged operative time, and consequently with increased blood loss [ 41].
Estimated costs of complications vary greatly across different studies according to definitions and categorization of post-operative complications, and consequently duration of hospital stay.
One patient had been deceased due to metastatic cancer (with an intact prosthesis) and 10 patients (10 hips) were lost to follow-up (7%) prior to their 24-months post-operative visit and consequently were excluded from this study; although they had well-functioning prosthesis at last-follow-up.
Most of the patients in this study had received RT with or without chemotherapy before operation, which may have an influence on tumour size, stage and grade, nodal status and consequently, CA IX staining in the operative sample.
Rationale: In the perioperative period, regardless of the type of surgery, intraoperative haemodynamic optimization aiming at a cardiac index threshold of 4.5 l/min/m2, an oxygen delivery of 600 ml/min/m2 or an oxygen consumption of 170 ml/min/m2 allows clinicians to limit hypovolaemic episodes and consequently reduces the risk of post-operative AKI [102, 103].
Also, the results showed that in terms of bone remodeling, the composite hip implant is more advantageous over the metallic ones as it provides a more uniform density change across the bone and induces less stress shielding which consequently results in a lower post-operative bone loss (−9% with CF/PA12 implant compared to −27% and −21% with CoCrMo and Ti alloy implants, respectively).
