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Postoperative Complications - Epidemiology
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Definition of 'Postoperative Complications'Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Common names: Postoperative Complications; Complication, Postoperative; Complications, Postoperative; Postoperative Complication |
Monday, November 23, 2009
On-pump versus off-pump coronary-artery bypass surgery.
3 Nov 2009 
BACKGROUND: Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has traditionally been performed with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG). CABG without cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) might reduce the number of complications related to the ... Read more...
30 Oct 2009 OBJECT: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of infection and to identify risk factors for infection in connection with the implantation of an intrathecal baclofen (ITB) pump. METHODS: This retrospective study included all ... Read more...
30 Oct 2009 OBJECT: Because of their location and biological behavior, brainstem cavernous malformations (CMs) pose a formidable clinical challenge to the neurosurgeon. The optimal management of these lesions requires considerable neurosurgical judgment. ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Postoperative Complications - Epidemiology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Perioperative safety and bariatric surgery.
3 Nov 2009 - Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting. 3 Nov 2009
- Perioperative safety and bariatric surgery. 3 Nov 2009
- On-pump versus off-pump coronary-artery bypass surgery. 3 Nov 2009
- Infections related to intrathecal baclofen therapy in children and adults: frequency and risk factors. 30 Oct 2009
- Management of pediatric brainstem cavernous malformations: experience over 20 years at the hospital for sick children. 30 Oct 2009
- Management of osteoblastoma and osteoid osteoma of the spine in childhood. 30 Oct 2009
- Clinical outcome after 450 revascularization procedures for moyamoya disease. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
- Anterior clinoidal meningiomas: functional outcome after microsurgical resection in a consecutive series of 106 patients. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
- Clinical features, surgical treatment, and long-term outcome in adult patients with moyamoya disease. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
- Olfactory dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by ruptured aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
- ABC Surgical Risk Scale for skull base meningioma: a new scoring system for predicting the extent of tumor removal and neurological outcome. Clinical article. 30 Oct 2009
- Invited commentary. 30 Oct 2009
- Colon interposition after esophagectomy with extended lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer. 30 Oct 2009
- Risk factor comparison and clinical analysis of early and late bronchopleural fistula after non-small cell lung cancer surgery. 30 Oct 2009
- Long-term results of sleeve lobectomy in the management of non-small cell lung carcinoma and low-grade neoplasms. 30 Oct 2009
- Simplified management of hemodialysis-dependent patients undergoing cardiac surgery. 30 Oct 2009
- Early clinical experience and echocardiographic results with a new semirigid mitral annuloplasty ring: the Sorin Memo 3D. 30 Oct 2009
- Impact of left ventricular assist device bridging on posttransplant outcomes. 30 Oct 2009
- Surgeon specialty is associated with better outcomes: the facts speak for themselves. 30 Oct 2009
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Technical information about 'Postoperative Complications'
Definition: Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.
Descriptor UI: D011183
Alternative terms: Postoperative Complications; Complication, Postoperative; Complications, Postoperative; Postoperative Complication;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; etiology; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: C23.550.767;
History Note: 64
Technical Notes: few qualif apply; IM; coord with specific postop compl (IM); not restricted to immediate postop period; differentiate from Cat E4 terms with /adv eff: Manual 23.18+; DF: POSTOP COMPL