I know this is a tough question, and I apologize to those of you who have experienced either. I am in no way trivializing or making light of these events. If you have experienced it and have an opinion, I'd love to hear. Anyone had both? I can't imagine going through either, so I don't have an answer myself.
2006-07-28 14:51:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I take this question on from the perspective of someone who survived brain surgery at a very tender age....and also of having relatives who experienced heart surgery. I would say brain surgery is definitely more problematic over the long term. With the heart procedures they were out and about eventually and back to their version of "normal" not too long after (weeks at the most). The most extreme effect was a need for meds or regular visits to a cardiologist to be sure everything was functioning as it should.
Of course, this doesn't consider the extreme stuff like transplants, which are a whole other area of surgery entirely...both in scope and effects.
Brain surgery....well, there are no guarantees that you're going to come out of it the same person you were when you went into it. In some cases it can be positively devastating in its effects, particularly if you have something like a brain tumor in a place where there are vital functions. It can be virtually impossible to avoid damaging things like motor ability, sensory functions, or even the more subtle aspects such as cognition, memory, etc. when you're doing ANYTHING to the brain. As one person put it when we were having a very long and involved discussion regarding medical history and the peculiarities of my learning that have caused problems with education and holding down a reasonable career, "Of course there's going to be some degree of damage when something (in this case, her reference was to a shunt to drain excess fluid out) is pushed through the brain...".
In a purely physical sense, the heart is a much "sturdier" organ than is the brain. The heart will tolerate far more insult and still carry on functioning closer to normal than the brain will. The heart is a muscle, designed for a lifetime of work and pounding and general stress; the brain is a semi-gelatinous structure that needs much support in order to maintain any sort of shape, and it is very easily injured by anything noxious, be it lack of oxygen, direct trauma, or simply increases in pressure beyond that which is normal. Surgery on the brain is thus far more delicate and fraught with potential harm.
2006-07-28 16:21:20 · answer #1 · answered by medrecgal1973 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had to have heart surgery when I was 27 - i figured that I'd either wake up afterwards ok or not wake up - and was very thankful I wasn't having brain surgery - where you have that third option of waking up as "someone else". Ya no - maybe that woulda been a good thing!
2006-07-28 15:51:12 · answer #2 · answered by petlover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think brain surgery is worse than heart surgery, although they're both difficult to perform. In brain surgery, the neuro surgeon deals with the minute brain cells and nerves and an itsy bitsy tiny error may can cause big problem.
2006-07-28 15:04:23 · answer #3 · answered by ren_delapasion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon on the surgical treatment. some are habitual. some are no longer. some are severe-threat. some are no longer. All issues being equivalent, neck surgical treatment might hardship me maximum. you have have been given each and every of the serious nerves, airway, voice, and blood vessels dealing with there, alongside with a brilliant style of muscle and bone doing complicated circulation. And soreness...you recognize how the neck is with soreness. It would not take lots to make it harm badly.
2016-12-14 15:49:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More advancements have been made in heart surgery than brain surgery.
Recovery from heart is far shorter than from brain.
Some observation with friends, in both.
2006-07-28 14:56:52 · answer #5 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
apples and oranges my friend.
hrt sgy carries the risk of necrotizing fascieitis and blood loss and stuff like that.
brn sgy carries the risk of "whoops there goes that function". I think becuase the greater risk lies with the brain sgy that brain sgy is worse.
2006-07-28 14:56:01 · answer #6 · answered by Fox 34 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are serious and time consuming!
The brain is a more complex organ that requires more work, so I imagine that it would be sorse..
2006-07-28 17:51:56 · answer #7 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say brain surgery, but they both have VERY HIGH risks
2006-07-28 14:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by heavynz1976 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk
2006-07-28 14:53:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋