Preoperative comorbidities included diabetes mellitus (ICD 10 codes, E10-E14), hypertension (I10-I15), cardiac diseases (I20-I25, ischemic heart diseases; I30-I52, other forms of heart diseases), cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69), chronic lung diseases (J40-J47), liver cirrhosis (K74), and...
Before the advent in October 2000 of a separate endovascular code for AAA repair,4 endovascular repairs were included under ICD-9-CM code 39.52. The “amputation” category was further subdivided into major and minor amputations. The “lower extremity revascularization” category included both infra...
characteristics affect the risk of developing acute post-surgical pain. Risk factors for CPSP include female gender, psychosocial issues, perioperative pain and type of surgical trauma.4-10Neuropathic pain post-surgery is particularly high in operations such as amputation, hernia repair and mastectomy....
Postamputation pain: epidemiology, mechanisms, and treatment. J Pain Res. 2013;6:121–36. PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Humble SR, Dalton AJ, Li L. A systematic review of therapeutic interventions to reduce acute and chronic post-surgical pain after amputation, thoracotomy or mastectomy...
USA between July 2012 and September 2013. The highest rates of CDI occurred after lower-extremity amputation (2.6 %), followed by bowel resection or repair (0.9 %) and gastric or esophageal operations (0.7 %). Gynaecological and endocrine operations had the lowest rates (0.1 and 0 %, respect...