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Postoperative Complications - Surgery
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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 |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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...
29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The surgical outcomes in patients with scoliosis at two years following anterior thoracoscopic spinal instrumentation and fusion have been reported. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results at five years. METHODS: A ... Read more...
Lateral mammaplasty reconstruction after surgery for breast cancer.
29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Up to 60 per cent of cancers develop laterally in the breast and breast-conserving surgery frequently produces superolateral nipple-areolar complex (NAC) distortion aggravated by postoperative irradiation. Correction is technically ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Postoperative Complications - Surgery'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Percutaneous atrioseptostomy for right heart failure after left pneumonectomy. 30 Oct 2009
- Surgical treatment of main thoracic scoliosis with thoracoscopic anterior instrumentation. Surgical technique. 29 Sep 2009
- Lateral mammaplasty reconstruction after surgery for breast cancer. 29 Sep 2009
- Clinical and cytogenetic analysis of an intracranial inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor induced by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. 29 Sep 2009
- Hemispherotomy: efficacy and analysis of seizure recurrence. 29 Sep 2009
- Neurosurgical implications of achondroplasia. 29 Sep 2009
- CT-guided tube pericardiostomy: a safe and effective technique in the management of postsurgical pericardial effusion. 29 Sep 2009
- Superficial femoral artery injury resulting from intertrochanteric hip fracture fixation by a locked intramedullary nail. 30 Aug 2009
- Pre-, intra-, and postoperative sonography of the abdominal wall in patients with incisional hernias repaired via a three-layered operative suture method. 30 Aug 2009
- Total shoulder replacement in rheumatoid disease: a 16- to 23-year follow-up. 30 Aug 2009
- Hybrid coronary artery revascularization: an evidence-based analysis.
30 Aug 2009 - The first open-heart repairs using extracorporeal circulation by cross-circulation: a 53-year follow-up. 30 Aug 2009
- Slide tracheoplasty as a rescue technique after unsuccessful patch tracheoplasty. 30 Aug 2009
- Thoracoscopic approach for the treatment of postpneumonectomy syndrome. 30 Aug 2009
- Treating heart failure and dyspnea in a 78-year-old man with surgical correction of pectus excavatum. 30 Aug 2009
- Tracheal replacement with an aortic homograft. 30 Aug 2009
- Aortic aneurysm formation five decades after tetralogy of Fallot repair. 30 Aug 2009
- Recurrent pulmonary edema in a patient with a prosthetic mitral valve. 30 Aug 2009
- Acute fibrin deposition causing acute failure of two tissue pericardial valves. 30 Aug 2009
- A foreign body in the heart due to an unusual injury. 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