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Paraplegic. History Of Multiple Operations Due To Intestine Collapse. On Morphine. Due For Surgery. Chances Of Survival?

patient paraplegic has been operated 3 times because of intestine collapse, each time because of infection and repair of intestine,scepticimia, is at present in intensive care under morphine will undergo surgery again to-morrow for cleaning inside, what are the chances of survival and what can be the consequences after all these operations ??
posted on Tue, 22 Oct 2013
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Hi,
Thanks for writing in to us.

I am sorry to hear about the complications faced by the patient.

The chances of survival depend on multiple factors like patient general condition, spread of infection, complications due to surgery and anesthesia complications. It is difficult to pin point the survival rates because each patient is difference. However, the surgical team decides on a surgery only if patient is stable to withstand stress during surgery. Keeping that in mind, there must be optimistic chances of successful surgery and survival of the patient.

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Paraplegic. History Of Multiple Operations Due To Intestine Collapse. On Morphine. Due For Surgery. Chances Of Survival?

Hi, Thanks for writing in to us. I am sorry to hear about the complications faced by the patient. The chances of survival depend on multiple factors like patient general condition, spread of infection, complications due to surgery and anesthesia complications. It is difficult to pin point the survival rates because each patient is difference. However, the surgical team decides on a surgery only if patient is stable to withstand stress during surgery. Keeping that in mind, there must be optimistic chances of successful surgery and survival of the patient. Hope this helps