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Postoperative Complications
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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.
coordinate IM with specific postoperative complication (IM); not restricted to immediate postoperative period; differentiate from specific surgical procedure terms with / adv eff: Manual 23.18+
Examples
Afferent Loop Syndrome
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Anastomotic Leak
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Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss
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Coronary-Subclavian Steal Syndrome
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Delayed Emergence from Anesthesia
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Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
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Graft Occlusion, Vascular
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Malignant Hyperthermia
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Pain, Postoperative
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Postcholecystectomy Syndrome
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Postgastrectomy Syndromes
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Postoperative Hemorrhage
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Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
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Postpericardiotomy Syndrome
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Prosthesis Failure
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Prosthesis-Related Infections
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Reperfusion Injury
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Shock, Surgical
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Short Bowel Syndrome
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Slit Ventricle Syndrome
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Surgical Wound Dehiscence
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Surgical Wound Infection
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Vasoplegia
Other names
Postoperative Complication; Complications, Postoperative; Complication, Postoperative
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Gas bloat syndrome
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