Postoperative Complications - Etiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Post-transplant EBV-related lymphoproliferative disorder complicating umbilical cord blood transplantation in patients of adrenoleukodystrophy.

13 Dec 2009 EBV-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a well-recognized complication following solid organ transplantation and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) using bone marrow or peripheral blood as stem cell sources, ... Read more...

Percutaneous atrioseptostomy for right heart failure after left pneumonectomy.

30 Oct 2009 We present a case of right heart failure after left pneumonectomy as a result of an isolated, contralateral partial anomalous pulmonary venous return. We successfully treated this with percutaneous atrioseptostomy. For unstable patients with ... Read more...

Simplified management of hemodialysis-dependent patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The mortality and morbidity rates are high after cardiac surgery in hemodialysis (HD)-dependent patients. To improve their outcomes, optimal perioperative managements should be discussed. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 245 HD ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Postoperative Complications - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Post-transplant EBV-related lymphoproliferative disorder complicating umbilical cord blood transplantation in patients of adrenoleukodystrophy. 13 Dec 2009
• Percutaneous atrioseptostomy for right heart failure after left pneumonectomy. 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
• Surgeon specialty is associated with better outcomes: the facts speak for themselves. 30 Oct 2009
• Perioperative strokes and beta-blockade. 30 Oct 2009
• Long-term cognitive decline in older subjects was not attributable to noncardiac surgery or major illness. 30 Oct 2009
• Long-term cognitive decline: is there a link to surgery and anesthesia? 30 Oct 2009
• Malocclusions resulting from loss of fixation after sagittal split ramus osteotomies. 30 Oct 2009
• Skeletal stability and complications of bilateral sagittal split osteotomies and mandibular distraction osteogenesis: an evidence-based review. 30 Oct 2009
• [Complications after gastrointestinal surgery] 20 Oct 2009
• Early on-cardiopulmonary bypass hypotension and other factors associated with vasoplegic syndrome. 10 Oct 2009
• Glasgow Prognostic Score as a predictive factor differentiating surgical site infection and remote infection following colorectal cancer surgery? 4 Oct 2009
• Immediate reconstruction with an expander/implant following ablatio mammae because of breast cancer : side effects and cosmetic results after adjuvant chest wall radiotherapy. 4 Oct 2009
• [Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer in Denmark] 3 Oct 2009
• [Incontinence after Barron (rubber-band) ligation of hemorrhoids?] 30 Sep 2009
• Efficacy of hybrid 2-port hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (Mukai's operation) for patients with primary colorectal cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Letter 2: Randomized clinical trial of antibiotic therapy versus appendicectomy as primary treatment of acute appendicitis in unselected patients (Br J Surg 2009; 96: 473-481). 29 Sep 2009
• The posterior petrosal approach: technique and applications in pediatric neurosurgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Modified orbitozygomatic craniotomy for craniopharyngioma resection in children. 29 Sep 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