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Reparación de tórax en embudo - Riesgos

Nombres alternativos

Reparación de deformidad torácica; Reparación de pectus excavatum

Riesgos:

Los riesgos de cualquier anestesia son:

  • Reacciones a los medicamentos
  • Problemas respiratorios

Los riesgos de cualquier cirugía son:

  • Sangrado
  • Infección
  • Cicatrización

Otros riesgos adicionales pueden ser:

  • Fecha de revisión: 5/15/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Robert A. Cowles, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Tzelepis GE, McCool FD. The Lungs and Chest Wall Disease. In: Mason RJ, Murray JF, Broaddus VC, Nadel JA. Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa; 2005:chap 83.

Sugarbaker DJ, Lukanich JM. Chest Wall and Pleura. In: Townsend Jr. CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL. Townsend: Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 57.

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