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Advantages and hazards of open surgery

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The Management of Lithiasis

Part of the book series: Developments in Nephrology ((DINE,volume 38))

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In Pakistan, many patients refuse open surgery because they are afraid they will die during or after an operation, or that they will not awaken after anaesthesia. They dread pain, and the number of days off work. Mass media communication via satellite television, and working expatriates in the affluent Middle East provide information on the latest modes of therapy to all strata of the population of the third world. With their knowledge of technological advances, many refuse operation and demand extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). There is an unprecedented demand for technology before it is even available in the town, province or country. Illiteracy is no longer an impediment to the aquisition of knowledge.

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  1. Jamsheer Talati
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  1. The Aga Khan University Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan

    Jamsheer Talati , Roger A. L. Sutton , Farhat Moazam  & Mushtaq Ahmed , ,  & 

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Talati, J. (1997). Advantages and hazards of open surgery. In: Talati, J., Sutton, R.A.L., Moazam, F., Ahmed, M. (eds) The Management of Lithiasis. Developments in Nephrology, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5396-6_10

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