surgical risk
Procedure complication chance
Surgical risk refers to the likelihood of complications, adverse outcomes, or death associated with a surgical procedure.
Doctors assess surgical risk based on factors like the patient's age, overall health, and the complexity of the operation: The cardiologist said her surgical risk was low.
A patient may be described as a high surgical risk or poor surgical candidate when underlying conditions make surgery dangerous.
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- general anesthesiaDrug-induced unconsciousness for surgery
- mortalityState of eventual death
- life or deathMaximally high stakes
do not resuscitate · bleeding · infection · consent · preoperative · informed consent · incision · scalpel · under the knife · open heart · operating room · operating table · recovery · sedation · vitals · blood loss · blood pressure · malpractice
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