Postoperative Complications
"Postoperative Complications" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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 ID |
D011183
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.767
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| Concept/Terms |
Postoperative Complications- Postoperative Complications
- Complication, Postoperative
- Complications, Postoperative
- Postoperative Complication
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 1996 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1997 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2002 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2006 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2007 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2008 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2009 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2010 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2011 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| 2012 | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| 2013 | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| 2014 | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| 2015 | 23 | 17 | 40 |
| 2016 | 27 | 15 | 42 |
| 2017 | 33 | 24 | 57 |
| 2018 | 24 | 15 | 39 |
| 2019 | 20 | 17 | 37 |
| 2020 | 14 | 23 | 37 |
| 2021 | 8 | 21 | 29 |
| 2022 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2023 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Postoperative Complications" by people in Profiles.
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Postoperative Aspiration Pneumonia Among Adults Using GLP-1 Receptor Agonists. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250081.
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Safety of Kidney Transplantation from Donors with HIV. N Engl J Med. 2024 10 17; 391(15):1390-1401.
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Outpatient hip and knee arthroplasty: how is it utilized? Acta Orthop. 2023 10 13; 94:511-513.
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Pre-operative prediction of post-operative urinary retention in lumbar surgery: a prospective validation of machine learning model. Eur Spine J. 2023 11; 32(11):3868-3874.
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Tracheostomy, the Not So Definitive Airway?: Tracheostomy Morbidity in Pediatric Craniofacial Patients. J Craniofac Surg. 2023 Nov-Dec 01; 34(8):2413-2416.
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Ursodiol Prescriptions Following Bariatric Surgery: National Prescribing Trends and Outcomes. Obes Surg. 2023 08; 33(8):2361-2367.
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Preoperative predictors of prolonged hospitalization in patients undergoing lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2023 09; 165(9):2615-2624.
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Incremental benefits of circumferential minimally invasive surgery for increasingly frail patients with adult spinal deformity. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 08 01; 39(2):168-174.
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How does depressive disorder impact outcomes in patients with glenohumeral osteoarthritis undergoing primary reverse shoulder arthroplasty? J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2023 Sep; 32(9):1886-1892.
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Number of Hepatic Resections and Association with Complication after Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Debulking: An American College of Surgeons NSQIP Database Study. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 07 01; 237(1):157-168.