In view of its low morbidity and mortality, it was concluded that radiation therapy should be considered the preferred locoregional treatment for these patients.
Efficacy and relatively low permanent morbidity in corpus callosotomy for medically intractable epilepsy have been demonstrated by more than six decades of experience.
Accordingly, it is reasonable to continue the search for alternative treatments that provide equivalent or better results with lower morbidity.
"Our thesis is that better fit will result in less pain, lower morbidity and longer life of the prosthesis," Mr. Pratt said.
A recent review advises that surgeons should treat surgically incurable patients with local methods only which are both cost effective and carry a low morbidity and mortality.
Patients diagnosed with localized disease require less treatment and have lower morbidity.
In view of nil mortality, low morbidity, and the high success rate, we feel that dilatation should be the first line of treatment for these patients.
S. intercalatum is associated with lower morbidity than the other schistosomes that infect humans.
"Simultaneous weekly supplementation of iron and zinc is associated with lower morbidity due to diarrhea and acute lower respiratory infection in Bangladeshi infants".
He states that very few studies are conducted with this parasite, perhaps as a result of its perceived low morbidity and prevalence.