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
--subdivision Surgery--Complications under individual diseases and types of diseases, individual organs and regions of the body, and classes of persons, e.g. Cancer--Surgery--Complications; Heart--Surgery--Complications; Pregnant women--Surgery--Complications
Postoperative Complications -- Handbooks : Critical care handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital / senior editor, Luca M. Bigatello ; associate editors, Hasan B. Alam [and others]
The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
