 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Postoperative Complications" by people in this website by year, and whether "Postoperative Complications" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 6 | 9 | 15 | | 1997 | 9 | 16 | 25 | | 1998 | 8 | 18 | 26 | | 1999 | 4 | 9 | 13 | | 2000 | 10 | 7 | 17 | | 2001 | 14 | 11 | 25 | | 2002 | 16 | 15 | 31 | | 2003 | 19 | 24 | 43 | | 2004 | 22 | 19 | 41 | | 2005 | 11 | 20 | 31 | | 2006 | 13 | 20 | 33 | | 2007 | 35 | 17 | 52 | | 2008 | 16 | 23 | 39 | | 2009 | 21 | 27 | 48 | | 2010 | 17 | 33 | 50 | | 2011 | 20 | 31 | 51 | | 2012 | 29 | 30 | 59 | | 2013 | 51 | 29 | 80 | | 2014 | 44 | 39 | 83 | | 2015 | 58 | 36 | 94 | | 2016 | 66 | 35 | 101 | | 2017 | 64 | 49 | 113 | | 2018 | 71 | 46 | 117 | | 2019 | 69 | 38 | 107 | | 2020 | 67 | 43 | 110 | | 2021 | 38 | 49 | 87 | | 2022 | 10 | 84 | 94 | | 2023 | 14 | 70 | 84 | | 2024 | 50 | 79 | 129 | | 2025 | 83 | 31 | 114 | | 2026 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Postoperative Complications" by people in Profiles.
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Wilson N, Dawson-Gore CC, Weber N, Keime N, Becher N, Tong S, Prendergast C, Kulungowski AM, Hills-Dunlap J, Diaz-Miron J, Acker SN. The Effect of Surgical Approach on Postoperative Complications Following Pediatric Gastrostomy Tube Placement. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2026 Mar; 36(3):243-248.
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Luck S, Golub D, Donaldson H, Nilchian P, Hsu S, Garton A, Dehdashti AR, Stieg PE. Postoperative seizure, stroke, hemorrhage, and cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome rates in adult patients with moyamoya disease undergoing revascularization: a systematic review and proportional meta-analysis. Neurosurg Rev. 2026 Jan 17; 49(1):131.
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Wu MY, Ferreira AO. Lung transplant evaluation-complications on a timeline. Clin Radiol. 2026 Mar; 94:107250.
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Patel JA, El Moheb M, Strobel R, Norman AV, Wisniewski AM, Weber MP, Young S, Young AM, Rotar EP, Damluji A, Kontos MC, Speir A, Mazzeffi M, Beller J, Singh R, Joseph M, Fonner CE, Preventza O, Yount K, Teman NR, Lancey R, Quader M. Impact of Operating Room Efficiencies on Patient Outcomes Following Primary Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2026 Jan 06; 41(1).
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Chen LA, Wang SY, Lin SA. Predicting Postoperative Outcomes in Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Machine Learning Approach Using Electronic Health Records. AORN J. 2026 Jan; 123(1):68-80.
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Meza Monge K, Najarro KM, McMahan RH, Kovacs EJ, Idrovo JP. Subclinical Hepatic Injury and Dysfunction Following Surgery: Evidence From a Young and Aged Laparotomy Murine Model. FASEB J. 2025 Dec 31; 39(24):e71224.
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Rove JY, Fuchita M, Lum H, Stevens-Lapsley J, Robinson TN. Delirium postcardiac surgery: etiologies and potential mitigation strategies. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2026 Feb 01; 39(1):59-65.
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Miyata T, Oba A, Kato T, Maekawa A, Tsuchiya S, Baba H, Tauchi J, Kobayashi K, Ono Y, Sasaki T, Ozaka M, Sasahira N, Ito H, Iwatsuki M, Matsueda K, Inoue Y, Takahashi Y. Surgical Challenges Associated with Collateral Veins Formation in Pancreatic Cancer with Vein Resection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Apr; 33(4):3535-3544.
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Carroll AM, Chanes N, Wu BCB, Ghincea CV, Ikeno Y, Messenger JC, Carroll JD, Cleveland JC, Aftab M, Reece TB. Safety and Efficacy of Percutaneous Access Versus Surgical Cutdown for Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Innovations (Phila). 2025 Nov-Dec; 20(6):567-574.
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Soszyn N, Zablah JE, Morgan GJ. Percutaneous closure of a left atrio-ventricular valve paravalvular leak with the Occlutech Paravalvular Leak Device in a 5-year-old child. Cardiol Young. 2025 Nov; 35(11):2406-2409.
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