What is Surgery?
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason.
Reported Purpose & Perceived Effectiveness
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| Purpose | # of patients | # of patients with evaluations | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
| Pain | 16 | 5 |
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| Support quality of life | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Gallbladder removal (Cholecystectomy) | 4 | 1 |
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| Pain in lower back | 3 | 1 |
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| Torn Meniscus of Knee | 3 | 1 |
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| Colon Cancer | 2 | 2 |
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Surgery
| Hospitalization | 23 | |
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| Pain | 4 | |
| Hospitalization | 3 | |
| recovery time-6weeks | 2 | |
| Acid reflux | 1 | |
| Hot flashes | 1 | |
| See all 36 reported side effects ▼ | ||
Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Not indicated | 100 | ||
| Other | 4 | ||
| Course of treatment ended | 4 | ||
| Doctor's advice | 2 |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Adherence
Taking treatment as prescribed
Adherence of Surgery
Always |
22 | 71% |
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Usually |
2 | 6% |
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Sometimes |
4 | 13% |
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Never |
3 | 10% |
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Burden
Difficulty being on treatment
Burden of Surgery
Very |
10 | 32% |
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Somewhat |
11 | 35% |
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A little |
4 | 13% |
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Not at all |
6 | 19% |
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Cost
Paid out of pocket
Cost of Surgery
$200+ |
9 | 60% |
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$100-199 |
0 | 0% |
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$50-99 |
0 | 0% |
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$25-49 |
0 | 0% |
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< $25 |
6 | 40% |
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