Postoperative Complications - Mortality
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allogeneic HCT) for treatment of pediatric Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) with best available donor for children with Philadelphia positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has previously been considered standard practice. Since the introduction of ... Read more...

[Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer in Denmark]

3 Oct 2009 INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic resection of colorectal cancer may be oncologically equal to open surgery. Since 2001 the departments performing colorectal cancer surgery in Denmark, have reported variables for patient diagnostics, treatment and course ... Read more...

Open surgical repair after failed endovascular aneurysm repair: is endograft removal necessary?

29 Sep 2009 INTRODUCTION: Open surgical repair after failed endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) usually involves complete endograft removal and replacement with a prosthetic surgical graft. This is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We have ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Postoperative Complications - Mortality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allogeneic HCT) for treatment of pediatric Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). 13 Dec 2009
• [Thoracic abdominal aneurysms--open surgery and endovascular treatment] 20 Oct 2009
• [Complications after gastrointestinal surgery] 20 Oct 2009
• [Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer in Denmark] 3 Oct 2009
• The care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm: the Society for Vascular Surgery practice guidelines. 29 Sep 2009
• Open surgical repair after failed endovascular aneurysm repair: is endograft removal necessary? 29 Sep 2009
• The correlation of aortic neck length to early and late outcomes in endovascular aneurysm repair patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery--an S.O.S. 29 Sep 2009
• Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• [Reconvalescence after surgery for proximal femoral fractures] 26 Sep 2009
• Perioperative risk predictors of cardiac outcomes in patients undergoing liver transplantation surgery. 12 Sep 2009
• [Correction and comments to an article published earlier in Lakartidningen. The article "Valve-sparing surgery should be considered primarily" has been scrutinized by KI] 30 Aug 2009
• Endoscopic lumbar disc surgery: the hammer and the nail problem or the "Not-So-Easy Go" system. 30 Aug 2009
• Quantitative analysis of adverse events in neurosurgery. 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of body habitus on perioperative morbidity associated with fusion of the thoracolumbar and lumbar spine. 30 Aug 2009
• Perioperative outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting: effects of metabolic syndrome and patient's sex. 30 Aug 2009
• Residual urine output and postoperative mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Secondary intervention after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 30 Aug 2009
• Endograft repair of traumatic aortic injury-a technique in evolution: a single institution's experience. 30 Aug 2009
• The 90-day mortality and the subsequent renal recovery in critically ill surgical patients requiring acute renal replacement therapy. 30 Aug 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