Spinal Fluid Leaks. The spinal cord and nerves are covered by a protective watertight sac of tissue (dura mater). During a spinal surgery, it is not uncommon for a rupture or tear to occur in this dura mater. If this happens, spinal fluid will begin to leak. If the tear is noticed during the surgery, it is repaired and usually heals uneventfully. If a tear occurs and is not noticed, the tear may heal on its own.
1 The cost benefit of kidney transplantation compared to dialysis over a period of ten years (the median transplant survival time) is Â£241,000 or Â£24,100 per year for each year that the patient has a functioning transplanted kidney.  In 2008-09, 2,497 people received a kidney transplant.
Dialysis could cost from $50,000 to $80,000 a year, Sher said, but transplanted patients only cost about $25,000 a year in treatment. However, that doesn't factor in the cost of the initial transplant surgery, Sher told MedPage Today.He did not have a cost estimate for the procedure.ASHINGTON -- Patients who have a second kidney transplant may not be as bound for failure as once thought, researchers said here.