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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| 1996 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2005 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2011 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 2012 | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 2013 | 12 | 14 | 26 |
| 2014 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 2015 | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| 2016 | 26 | 12 | 38 |
| 2017 | 32 | 22 | 54 |
| 2018 | 19 | 20 | 39 |
| 2019 | 20 | 17 | 37 |
| 2020 | 20 | 11 | 31 |
| 2021 | 12 | 16 | 28 |
| 2022 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Postoperative Complications" by people in Profiles.
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Short-term clinical outcomes of changing CSF shunt valve type or shunt valve brand in revision surgeries for the management of pediatric hydrocephalus. Childs Nerv Syst. 2026 Feb 12; 42(1):70.
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National trend and impact of compensated cirrhosis in patients who underwent metabolic and bariatric surgery: a Nationwide Readmissions Database study. Surg Endosc. 2026 Mar; 40(3):2559-2567.
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Major Complications following Strabismus Surgery: Nine-year Data from the IRIS? Registry. Ophthalmology. 2026 Apr; 133(4):495-498.
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SAGES-AHPBA 2025 guideline for the surgical management of bile duct injury following cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2026 Jan; 40(1):1-17.
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Efficacy and safety of REGN9933A2 and REGN7508Cat for preventing postoperative venous thromboembolism (ROXI-VTE-I and ROXI-VTE-II): two randomised, open-label, phase 2 trials. Lancet. 2025 Nov 29; 406(10519):2551-2563.
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Revisional single anastomosis duodeno-ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy after failed adjustable gastric band or sleeve gastrectomy: a meta-analysis of efficacy and safety. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2026 Mar; 22(3):359-368.
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Predictors of mortality and major complications after colostomy reversal: An analysis of national surgical quality improvement program database. Am J Surg. 2026 Feb; 252:116713.
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When the gold standard fails: Propensity-matched comparison of peroral endoscopic myotomy after Heller myotomy versus index peroral endoscopic myotomy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Feb; 171(2):519-529.e9.
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Surgical and patient factors associated with baseplate failures after reverse shoulder arthroplasty: a study by the ASES Complications of RSA Multicenter Research Group. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2026 Apr; 35(4):965-977.
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Posttransplant Biliary Complications in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Single Center Study. Exp Clin Transplant. 2025 Jul; 23(7):466-472.