A recent statistic from medicare.gov states "118.54 people out of 1000 die from treatable complications after they leave the USA hospital (discharged by their doctor) with a knee or hip replacement."
In December of 2012, a traveler with our company underwent a PCNL surgery. He had no complications. But in the USA, "the presence of other disorders or diseases at the time of surgery increased during the study period [1999-2009], and overall complications rose from about 12 percent to nearly 16 percent. Of particular note, the incidence of blood infection (sepsis) doubled from 1.2 percent to 2.4 percent."
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=168851
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