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Postoperative complication

MedGen UID:
10871
Concept ID:
C0032787
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Complication, Postoperative; Complications, Postoperative; Postoperative Complication; Postoperative Complications
SNOMED CT: Postoperative complication (385486001); Postoperative problem (385486001)

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. [from MeSH]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Fugazzola P, Ceresoli M, Agnoletti V, Agresta F, Amato B, Carcoforo P, Catena F, Chiara O, Chiarugi M, Cobianchi L, Coccolini F, De Troia A, Di Saverio S, Fabbri A, Feo C, Gabrielli F, Gurrado A, Guttadauro A, Leone L, Marrelli D, Petruzzelli L, Portolani N, Prete FP, Puzziello A, Sartelli M, Soliani G, Testini M, Tolone S, Tomasoni M, Tugnoli G, Viale P, Zese M, Ishay OB, Kluger Y, Kirkpatrick A, Ansaloni L
World J Emerg Surg 2020 Mar 10;15(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s13017-020-00298-0. PMID: 32156296Free PMC Article
Sobrino-Cossío S, Soto-Pérez JC, Coss-Adame E, Mateos-Pérez G, Teramoto Matsubara O, Tawil J, Vallejo-Soto M, Sáez-Ríos A, Vargas-Romero JA, Zárate-Guzmán AM, Galvis-García ES, Morales-Arámbula M, Quiroz-Castro O, Carrasco-Rojas A, Remes-Troche JM
Rev Gastroenterol Mex 2017 Jul-Sep;82(3):234-247. Epub 2017 Jan 5 doi: 10.1016/j.rgmx.2016.08.005. PMID: 28065591
Jin S, Fu Q, Wuyun G, Wuyun T
World J Gastroenterol 2013 Nov 28;19(44):7983-91. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i44.7983. PMID: 24307791Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Kanda M
Surg Today 2020 Jan;50(1):3-11. Epub 2019 Sep 18 doi: 10.1007/s00595-019-01877-8. PMID: 31535226Free PMC Article
Makuuchi R, Irino T, Tanizawa Y, Bando E, Kawamura T, Terashima M
Surg Today 2019 Mar;49(3):187-196. Epub 2018 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00595-018-1726-8. PMID: 30317492
Oh ST, Park JY
Korean J Anesthesiol 2019 Feb;72(1):4-12. Epub 2018 Aug 24 doi: 10.4097/kja.d.18.00073.1. PMID: 30139213Free PMC Article
Young PY, Khadaroo RG
Surg Clin North Am 2014 Dec;94(6):1245-64. Epub 2014 Oct 3 doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2014.08.008. PMID: 25440122
Jin S, Fu Q, Wuyun G, Wuyun T
World J Gastroenterol 2013 Nov 28;19(44):7983-91. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i44.7983. PMID: 24307791Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Makuuchi R, Irino T, Tanizawa Y, Bando E, Kawamura T, Terashima M
Surg Today 2019 Mar;49(3):187-196. Epub 2018 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00595-018-1726-8. PMID: 30317492
Oh ST, Park JY
Korean J Anesthesiol 2019 Feb;72(1):4-12. Epub 2018 Aug 24 doi: 10.4097/kja.d.18.00073.1. PMID: 30139213Free PMC Article
Martucci N, Tracey M, Rocco G
Thorac Surg Clin 2015 Nov;25(4):523-8. Epub 2015 Sep 8 doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2015.07.014. PMID: 26515952
Lowe TG
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2007 Apr;18(2):305-15. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2007.02.011. PMID: 17556132
Cerfolio RJ
Thorac Surg Clin 2006 Feb;16(1):49-52. doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2006.01.009. PMID: 16696282

Therapy

Liu F, Huang C, Xu Z, Su X, Zhao G, Ye J, Du X, Huang H, Hu J, Li G, Yu P, Li Y, Suo J, Zhao N, Zhang W, Li H, He H, Sun Y; Chinese Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study (CLASS) Group
JAMA Oncol 2020 Oct 1;6(10):1590-1597. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.3152. PMID: 32815991Free PMC Article
Ahmad SA, Duong M, Sohal DPS, Gandhi NS, Beg MS, Wang-Gillam A, Wade JL 3rd, Chiorean EG, Guthrie KA, Lowy AM, Philip PA, Hochster HS
Ann Surg 2020 Sep 1;272(3):481-486. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004155. PMID: 32740235Free PMC Article
Suzuki K, Saji H, Aokage K, Watanabe SI, Okada M, Mizusawa J, Nakajima R, Tsuboi M, Nakamura S, Nakamura K, Mitsudomi T, Asamura H; West Japan Oncology Group; Japan Clinical Oncology Group
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019 Sep;158(3):895-907. Epub 2019 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.090. PMID: 31078312
Avidan MS, Maybrier HR, Abdallah AB, Jacobsohn E, Vlisides PE, Pryor KO, Veselis RA, Grocott HP, Emmert DA, Rogers EM, Downey RJ, Yulico H, Noh GJ, Lee YH, Waszynski CM, Arya VK, Pagel PS, Hudetz JA, Muench MR, Fritz BA, Waberski W, Inouye SK, Mashour GA; PODCAST Research Group
Lancet 2017 Jul 15;390(10091):267-275. Epub 2017 May 30 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31467-8. PMID: 28576285Free PMC Article
Su X, Meng ZT, Wu XH, Cui F, Li HL, Wang DX, Zhu X, Zhu SN, Maze M, Ma D
Lancet 2016 Oct 15;388(10054):1893-1902. Epub 2016 Aug 16 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30580-3. PMID: 27542303

Prognosis

Subramaniam S, Aalberg JJ, Soriano RP, Divino CM
Am Surg 2021 Sep;87(9):1420-1425. Epub 2020 Dec 30 doi: 10.1177/0003134820952438. PMID: 33377791
Mariette C, Markar SR, Dabakuyo-Yonli TS, Meunier B, Pezet D, Collet D, D'Journo XB, Brigand C, Perniceni T, Carrère N, Mabrut JY, Msika S, Peschaud F, Prudhomme M, Bonnetain F, Piessen G; Fédération de Recherche en Chirurgie (FRENCH) and French Eso-Gastric Tumors (FREGAT) Working Group
N Engl J Med 2019 Jan 10;380(2):152-162. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1805101. PMID: 30625052
Makuuchi R, Irino T, Tanizawa Y, Bando E, Kawamura T, Terashima M
Surg Today 2019 Mar;49(3):187-196. Epub 2018 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00595-018-1726-8. PMID: 30317492
Simonsen C, de Heer P, Bjerre ED, Suetta C, Hojman P, Pedersen BK, Svendsen LB, Christensen JF
Ann Surg 2018 Jul;268(1):58-69. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002679. PMID: 29373365
Yeo CJ
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 1998 Jan;7(1):143-56. PMID: 9443992

Clinical prediction guides

Galvin JW, Kim R, Ment A, Durso J, Joslin PMN, Lemos JL, Novikov D, Curry EJ, Alley MC, Parada SA, Eichinger JK, Li X
J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2022 Nov;31(11):e534-e544. Epub 2022 Jul 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2022.06.005. PMID: 35870805
Jiang G, Du X, Zhu Y, Zhang M, Qin W, Xiong T, Ou Y
Biomed Res Int 2022;2022:4946848. Epub 2022 Feb 9 doi: 10.1155/2022/4946848. PMID: 35187165Free PMC Article
Subramaniam S, Aalberg JJ, Soriano RP, Divino CM
Am Surg 2021 Sep;87(9):1420-1425. Epub 2020 Dec 30 doi: 10.1177/0003134820952438. PMID: 33377791
Kolek MJ, Muehlschlegel JD, Bush WS, Parvez B, Murray KT, Stein CM, Shoemaker MB, Blair MA, Kor KC, Roden DM, Donahue BS, Fox AA, Shernan SK, Collard CD, Body SC, Darbar D
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Pergialiotis V, Vlachos D, Protopapas A, Chatzipapas I, Vlachos G
Minerva Ginecol 2015 Aug;67(4):353-63. Epub 2014 Nov 26 PMID: 25424307

Recent systematic reviews

Sumner M, Deng C, Evered L, Frampton C, Leslie K, Short T, Campbell D
Br J Anaesth 2023 Feb;130(2):e243-e253. Epub 2022 Feb 17 doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.01.006. PMID: 35183345
Jalalzadeh H, Groenen H, Buis DR, Dreissen YE, Goosen JH, Ijpma FF, van der Laan MJ, Schaad RR, Segers P, van der Zwet WC, Griekspoor M, Harmsen WJ, Wolfhagen N, Boermeester MA
Lancet Microbe 2022 Oct;3(10):e762-e771. Epub 2022 Aug 16 doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00187-2. PMID: 35985350
Risi R, Rossini G, Tozzi R, Pieralice S, Monte L, Masi D, Castagneto-Gissey L, Gallo IF, Strigari L, Casella G, Bruni V, Manfrini S, Gnessi L, Tuccinardi D, Watanabe M
Surg Obes Relat Dis 2022 Jul;18(7):983-996. Epub 2022 Apr 20 doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2022.03.022. PMID: 35668018
Han Y, Jia Y, Wang H, Cao L, Zhao Y
Int J Surg 2020 Apr;76:101-110. Epub 2020 Mar 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.02.035. PMID: 32151750
Novara G, Catto JW, Wilson T, Annerstedt M, Chan K, Murphy DG, Motttrie A, Peabody JO, Skinner EC, Wiklund PN, Guru KA, Yuh B
Eur Urol 2015 Mar;67(3):376-401. Epub 2015 Jan 2 doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.12.007. PMID: 25560798

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