Morbidity Rate for Surgery
 

Anybody know the morbidity rate for TOS surgery??

As in died on the table?? or soon after??:eek:

I would think very rare, unless you happen to go to horrible surgeon/hospital..:eek:

I would not even put a thought like that in my mind. I only try to look at thinks in a positive manner

Morbidity and mortality are different.

If I understand morbidity correctly, the rate I've been quoted by Vascular Surgeons and TOS specialists is 50%. Obviously, many factors go into increasing or decreasing this rate, but it's an average.

My understanding is that the morbidity rate (rate of injury and complications resulting from surgery) is fairly high. That, along with the lack of a definitive gold standard diagnostic test -- makes this surgery somewhat controversial for many....

I got them confused :o:eek:

[Definition:
Morbidity refers to the state of being diseased or unhealthy within a population.
Mortality is the term used for the number of people who died within a population]
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Morbidity_vs_Mortality