Reviewing Medical Histories Reveals No Increase in National Multiple Sclerosis Society Relapse Risk After Surgery, Anesthesia
July 08, 2019
July 08, 2019
NEW YORK, July 8 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news:
Researchers at the University of Michigan reviewed the medical charts of 281 people with MS who underwent surgeries, and found no statistically significant increase in the risk of MS relapse within 90 days after the procedures. This adds to other evidence suggesting that exposure to surgery or anesthesia does not increase the risk of an MS relapse, but studies also suggest that infection or fever . . .
Researchers at the University of Michigan reviewed the medical charts of 281 people with MS who underwent surgeries, and found no statistically significant increase in the risk of MS relapse within 90 days after the procedures. This adds to other evidence suggesting that exposure to surgery or anesthesia does not increase the risk of an MS relapse, but studies also suggest that infection or fever . . .