Problem
Excessive replacement surgery
Other Names:
Unnecessary elective surgeryOveruse of expensive transplant surgery
Incidence:
The first transplant surgery (kidney and bone-marrow) was performed in the 1950s. With the development of immunosuppressant drugs, tens of thousands of such operations are performed each year in the USA alone. Hip replacement operations in the USA have rose by 50% in the period between 1980 and 1989.
Broader Problems:
Unnecessary surgery Narrower Problems:
Unethical foetal surgery Reduces:
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome Strategies:
Living with complications of surgery Values:
AbuseExcessExpensiveUnnecessary Subject(s):
Economics → Resource utilizationGovernment → Politics
Health Care → Surgery
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
16.09.2019 – 18:27 CEST