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.
We All Pay for Heart Disease and Stroke The cost of heart disease and stroke impacts not only the person or persons who aredisabled by or die from these conditions but all Americans. Heart disease and strokecosts every American in terms of soaring health care costs and the high price of healthand life insurance. In 1996, the estimated first-year cost for a heart transplant was $253,200. Theestimated annual followup cost was more than $21,200. â¢ Some 482,000 percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty procedures wereperformed in 1996. Between 1987 and 1996, these procedures increased by 211percent.