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 923 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 71 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	3	11	14
2006	7	9	16
2007	7	10	17
2008	11	15	26
2009	14	19	33
2010	23	22	45
2011	21	13	34
2012	18	21	39
2013	22	22	44
2014	18	23	41
2015	27	27	54
2016	33	22	55
2017	30	30	60
2018	38	22	60
2019	42	29	71
2020	32	35	67
2021	19	32	51
2022	3	18	21
2023	1	27	28
2024	5	24	29
2025	5	3	8

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

McClennen T, Carvalho B, Yousef M, Ayers DC. Evaluating Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Compared to Conventional Methods: A Systematic Review of the Literature in the United States. Int J Med Robot. 2025 Apr; 21(2):e70067.

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Fernandez-Bustamante A, Parker RA, Frendl G, Lee JW, Nagrebetsky A, Grecu L, Amar D, Tanaka P, Sprung J, Gupta RA, Subramanian B, Giquel J, Eikermann M, Musch G, Nadler JW, Gama de Abreu M, Bartels K, Grover M, Chen LL, Sparling J, Douin DJ, Weingarten T, Wagener G, Thompson BT, Vidal Melo MF. Perioperative lung expansion and pulmonary outcomes after open abdominal surgery versus usual care in the USA (PRIME-AIR): a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2025 May; 13(5):447-459.

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Ahmed KS, Issaka SM, Marcinak CT, Virani SS, Jaraczewski T, Afshar M, Mayampurath A, Churpek MM, Mathew J, Zafar SN. Machine Learning-Driven Modeling to Predict Postdischarge Venous Thromboembolism After Pancreatectomy for Pancreas Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Jun; 32(6):4085-4093.

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Finnesgard EJ, Jones DW, Beck AW, Eagleton MJ, Farber MA, Gasper WJ, Lee WA, Oderich GS, Schneider DB, Sweet MP, Timaran CH, Schanzer A. Trends and outcomes over time with fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repair in the United States Aortic Research Consortium. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Jun; 81(6):1235-1243.

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Kolbe EW, Buciunas M, Krieg S, Loosen SH, Roderburg C, Krieg A, Kostev K. Minimally invasive versus open surgery for colonic diverticular disease: a nationwide analysis of German hospital data. Tech Coloproctol. 2025 Jan 16; 29(1):46.

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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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Itsekzon-Hayosh Z, Carpani F, Hendriks EJ, Schaafsma JD, Mosimann PJ, Agid R, Krings T. Stroke endovascular thrombectomy related subarachnoid hyperdensity: incidence, predictive factors, and a proposed sub-classification. Neuroradiology. 2025 Mar; 67(3):687-693.

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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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