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 886 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 66 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	5	6
1996	2	3	5
1997	5	2	7
1998	3	3	6
1999	4	9	13
2000	2	2	4
2001	4	8	12
2002	10	10	20
2003	7	11	18
2004	11	8	19
2005	4	11	15
2006	7	9	16
2007	7	10	17
2008	11	15	26
2009	14	19	33
2010	22	21	43
2011	21	13	34
2012	18	21	39
2013	22	22	44
2014	17	22	39
2015	26	27	53
2016	28	21	49
2017	31	27	58
2018	35	22	57
2019	37	29	66
2020	30	32	62
2021	17	31	48
2022	4	18	22
2023	0	25	25
2024	4	24	28
2025	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Postoperative Complications" by people in Profiles.

Stutz K, Mason H, Niakan S, Coulter AP, Casaubon J, Friedrich AU. The impact of surgical technique on the number of sentinel lymph nodes removed and its effect on complication rates. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2025 Apr; 210(3):605-613.

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Shafi M, Badikol SR, Gerstl JVE, Nawabi NLA, Sukumaran M, Kappel AD, Feroze AH, Smith TR, Mekary RA, Aziz-Sultan MA. Complications of Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurg. 2025 Feb; 194:123541.

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Ismayl M, Ahmed H, Goldsweig AM, Eleid MF, Guerrero M, Rihal CS. Transcatheter vs. surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis and cardiogenic shock. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2024 Oct 28; 13(10):685-698.

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Cheah YL, Yang HY, Simon CJ, Akoad ME, Connor AA, Daskalaki D, Han DH, Brombosz EW, Kim JK, Tellier MA, Ghobrial RM, Gaber AO, Choi GH. The learning curve for robotic living donor right hepatectomy: Analysis of outcomes in 2 specialized centers. Liver Transpl. 2025 Feb 01; 31(2):190-200.

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Trottier CA, Martino A, Short MI, Rodday AM, Strand AM, Kiernan MS, Vest AR, Snydman DR, Chow JK. Impact of type of mechanical circulatory support before transplant on postorthotopic heart transplantation infections. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Feb; 44(2):215-224.

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Scarpetti L, Bello RJ, Chung SK, Hazeltine MD, Lindberg JM. Utility of ligamentum teres hepatis flap reinforcement to prevent postoperative pancreatic fistulas in robotic distal pancreatectomy. Am J Surg. 2024 Oct; 236:115894.

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Khoury MK, Beck AW, Farber MA, Gasper W, Lee WA, Oderich G, Parodi FE, Schanzer A, Schneider D, Sweet M, Timaran CH, Eagleton MJ. Outcomes using inverted iliac limb bifurcate components in fenestrated/branched endografting. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Dec; 80(6):1658-1667.

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Oderich GS, Huang Y, Harmsen WS, Tenorio ER, Schanzer A, Timaran CH, Schneider DB, Mendes BC, Eagleton MJ, Farber MA, Gasper WJ, Beck AW, Sweet MP, Lee WA. Early and Late Aortic-Related Mortality and Rupture After Fenestrated-Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study. Circulation. 2024 Oct 22; 150(17):1343-1353.

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Halleck F, B?hmig GA, Couzi L, Rostaing L, Einecke G, Lefaucheur C, Legendre C, Montgomery R, Hughes P, Chandraker A, Wyburn K, Halloran P, Maldonado AQ, Sj?holm K, Runstr?m A, Lef?vre P, Tollemar J, Jordan S. A Randomized Trial Comparing Imlifidase to Plasmapheresis in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Antibody-Mediated Rejection. Clin Transplant. 2024 Jul; 38(7):e15383.

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Mirza MB, Gamboa AC, Irlmeier R, Hopkins B, Regenbogen SE, Hrebinko KA, Holder-Murray J, Wiseman JT, Ejaz A, Wise PE, Ye F, Idrees K, Hawkins AT, Balch GC, Khan A. Association of Surgical Approaches and Outcomes in Total Mesorectal Excision and Margin Status for Rectal Cancer. J Surg Res. 2024 Aug; 300:494-502.

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