Postoperative Complications - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Ring-enforced right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit in Norwood stage I reduces proximal conduit stenosis.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: An increasing number of surgeons prefer to place a conduit from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery at the time of the Norwood stage I procedure. Proximal conduit stenoses have led us to modify this technique by using ... 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...

A combined posterior, lateral, and anterior approach to ventrolaterally situated chordoma of the upper cervical spine.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Lesions ventral and ventrolateral to the neuraxis at the CCJ can pose a significant management problem owing to their strategic location. Conventional direct posterior approaches sometimes may not allow adequate visualization of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Postoperative Complications - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Ring-enforced right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit in Norwood stage I reduces proximal conduit stenosis. 30 Oct 2009
• Simplified management of hemodialysis-dependent patients undergoing cardiac surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• Surgeon specialty is associated with better outcomes: the facts speak for themselves. 30 Oct 2009
• Abuse of antibiotic prophylaxis in third molar surgeries. 30 Oct 2009
• JAMA patient page. Lung complications after surgery. 12 Oct 2009
• Functional status assessment in the preoperative evaluation of older adults. 12 Oct 2009
• Low-dose, low-concentration spinal anesthesia may help to detect surgery-related nerve injury. 29 Sep 2009
• A combined posterior, lateral, and anterior approach to ventrolaterally situated chordoma of the upper cervical spine. 29 Sep 2009
• Randomized clinical trial of preoperative intravenous iron sucrose to reduce blood transfusion in anaemic patients after colorectal cancer surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in vestibular schwannoma surgery: advances and clinical implications. 29 Sep 2009
• Intraoperative mapping and monitoring of brain functions for the resection of low-grade gliomas: technical considerations. 29 Sep 2009
• The pulmonary embolism risk score system reduces the incidence and mortality of pulmonary embolism after gastric bypass. 29 Sep 2009
• [Elective surgery reconvalescence after pre-operative physical training] 26 Sep 2009
• [Convalescence and sick leave following transurethral prostatectomy] 26 Sep 2009
• Editorial comment. 15 Sep 2009
• Bladder function after total urogenital mobilization for persistent cloaca. 15 Sep 2009
• Prophylactic intravenous magnesium sulphate in addition to oral {beta}-blockade does not prevent atrial arrhythmias after coronary artery or valvular heart surgery: a randomized, controlled trial. 13 Sep 2009
• Influence of continuous infusion of low-dose human atrial natriuretic peptide on renal function during cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study. 13 Sep 2009
• Cytoreductive procedures-strategies to reduce postoperative morbidity and management of surgical complications with special emphasis on anastomotic leaks. 13 Sep 2009
• The therapeutic time window related to the presenting symptom pattern, that is, stable versus unstable patients, can affect the adverse event rate of intracranial stenting. 8 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