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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	C23.550.767
Concept/Terms	Postoperative Complications Postoperative Complications Complication, Postoperative Complications, Postoperative Postoperative Complication

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Diseases [C]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Postoperative Complications [C23.550.767]

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Bar chart showing 1022 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 75 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	3	5
1997	6	2	8
1998	3	4	7
1999	4	8	12
2000	2	2	4
2001	5	8	13
2002	10	10	20
2003	8	13	21
2004	13	8	21
2005	4	13	17
2006	7	10	17
2007	6	11	17
2008	10	18	28
2009	14	21	35
2010	22	21	43
2011	23	16	39
2012	19	22	41
2013	21	22	43
2014	19	23	42
2015	27	28	55
2016	36	21	57
2017	40	35	75
2018	41	26	67
2019	41	27	68
2020	28	36	64
2021	22	31	53
2022	5	24	29
2023	3	28	31
2024	5	32	37
2025	22	16	38
2026	11	4	15

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Pastier C, Sylla P, Lee SW, Spinelli A, Komen N, Marks J, Martz J, Rhee R, Maykel J, Marcet J, Denost Q, Zaghiyan K, Davids JS, Paluvoi N, Hiller D, McLemore EC, Maggiori L, D'hoore A, Jafari MD, Poylin V, Buzas CJ, Tuech JJ, Lef?vre JH. Safety and effectiveness of the Colovac anastomosis protection device compared with diverting ileostomy after low anterior resection: protocol for an international, multicentre, prospective, non-randomised comparative study (SAFE-3). BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2026 Jun 12; 13(1).

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Oakes K, Port J, Furer A, Ehrhardt-Humbert L, John K, Chee J, Infeld M, Homoud M, Madias C, Chalhoub F, Heist EK, Rozen G. Proper Use of the National Inpatient Sample Database to Analyze Safety of Cardiovascular Procedures. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Jun 02; 15(11):e047611.

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Korn P, Essien M, Pallauf M, Cheaib J, Lokeshwar S, Herrera-Caceres JO, Small A, Raskolnikov D, Kleinmann N, Shvero A, Matin SF, Labbate C, Kaimakliotis H, Tachibana I, Linehan J, Choe J, Shah O, Movassaghi M, Huang W, Persily J, Perecman A, Canes D, Pessoa RR, Potretzke A, Raman JD, Singla N. Renal function outcomes following endoscopic management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma. World J Urol. 2026 May 22; 44(1).

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Reddington H, Shafique S, Palleiko B, Bludevich B, Crawford A, Maxfield M, Uy KF, Emmerick ICM, Lou F. The Modified Frailty Index and Its Association With Esophagectomy Outcomes. J Surg Res. 2026 Aug; 324:20-26.

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Maldonado S, Gonzales C, Desai A, Guart J, Zevallos Ventura A, Valcarcel B, Escandon J, Mejia N, Franco Mesa C, Torres Roman JS, Sarikhani H, Barrueto JL, De la Cruz Ku G, Czerniach D, Patel S, Walchak A. Robotic versus open component separation: A retrospective cohort and propensity score analysis of complication rates and clinical outcomes. PLoS One. 2026; 21(4):e0347763.

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Rosenberg M, Furrukh AJ, Chen SJ, Perez Coulter A, Pepper V, Banever G, Tashjian D, Moriarty K, Tirabassi MV. Neurodevelopmental Delay Associated With Delayed Orchiopexy for Children With Cryptorchidism. J Surg Res. 2026 May; 321:409-414.

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Duquette K, Emmerick ICM, Niemi S, Maxfield M, Lou F, Uy K. Efficiency Quality Index for Lobectomy - Developing a Quality Assessment Tool Scoring System. J Surg Res. 2026 May; 321:244-251.

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Sawalha K, Ezenna C, Abughazaleh S, Chi KY, Goldsweig AM. Outcomes of Intracardiac Versus Transesophageal Echocardiography to Guide Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Real-World Propensity-Matched Study. Am J Cardiol. 2026 Jun 01; 268:104-108.

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Lorusso R, Salazar L, Nersesian G, Milojevic M, Schmack B, Engelman DT, Stein L, Silvestry S, Zimpfer D, Wiedemann D, Goldstein D, Soltesz E, Bermudez C, Haft J, Patel B, Moreno P, MacLaren G, Tonna J, Takayama H, Lamarche Y, Rao V, Faerber G, Meyns B, Takeda K, Boeken U, Arora RC, Whitman G, Potapov E. EACTS Expert Consensus Document on protected cardiac surgery: pre-emptive use of temporary mechanical circulatory support in adult cardiac surgery patients at high risk for perioperative low cardiac output syndrome. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2026 Mar 10; 68(3).

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Mahan MA, Chou D, Dailey AT, Fessler RG, Ghogawala Z, Harrop JS, Levi AD, Resnick DK, Sciubba DM, Steinmetz MP, Theodore N, Uribe JS, Wang MY. Complications of spine surgery. Neurosurg Focus. 2026 Mar 01; 60(3):E2.

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