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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Medical complications

Medical complications

  • Therapuetic misadventure
  • Mistakes in health care

Nature

Any surgical procedure can have adverse effects. Included among surgical procedures are appendectomy, circumcision and sterilization.

Broader

Inadequate health services
Excellent
Inadequacy of medical science
Yet to rate

Narrower

Unnecessary gynaecological surgery
Excellent
Adhesion related disorders
Excellent
Surgical mistakes
Presentable
Medication complications
Presentable
Foreign body left in wound
Presentable
Complications of childbirth
Presentable
Adverse effect of radioactive medical treatment
Presentable
Type B viral hepatitis
Yet to rate
Surgical emphysema
Yet to rate
Postoperative wound infection
Yet to rate
Postoperative shock
Yet to rate
Postoperative fistula
Yet to rate
Postmastectomy lymphoedema syndrome
Yet to rate
Postgastrectomy dumping syndrome
Yet to rate
Postcardiotomy syndrome
Yet to rate
Post-vaccinal encephalitis
Yet to rate
Malfunction of prosthetic devices
Yet to rate
Malfunction of colostomy
Yet to rate
Complications of transplanting organs and limbs
Yet to rate
Complications of dialysis
Yet to rate
Anaphylactic shock
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Human disease and disability
Excellent
Injurious accidents
Presentable
Impaired wound healing
Yet to rate
Fear of death
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Minor ailments
Presentable
Inadequate medical training
Presentable
Inadequate evaluation of surgical procedures
Presentable
Ascariasis
Presentable

Strategy

Living with complications of surgery
Yet to rate

Value

Complexity
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Subject
  • Health care » Surgery
  • Medicine » Medicine
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Mar 10, 2022