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Postoperative Complications

Known as: Postoperative Complications [Disease/Finding], Postoperative Complication, Complication, Postoperative 
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… 
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Infectious postoperative complications decrease long-term survival in patients undergoing curative surgery for colorectal cancer: a study of 12,075 patients.
OBJECTIVE We sought to characterize the effect of postoperative complications on long-term survival after colorectal cancer (CRC… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Complications and Untoward Effects of the Tension‐Free Vaginal Tape Procedure
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Transurethral prostatectomy: immediate and postoperative complications. Cooperative study of 13 participating institutions evaluating 3,885 patients. J Urol, 141: 243-247, 1989.
Review
2000
Review
2000
Safety and efficacy of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Beneficial effects of leukocyte depletion of transfused blood on postoperative complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trial.
BACKGROUND Leukocytes in transfused blood are associated with several posttransfusion immunomodulatory effects. Although… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Postoperative complications and mortality associated with operative delay in older patients who have a fracture of the hip.
We prospectively studied 367 patients who had a fracture of the hip, to determine the effect of an operative delay on… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Postoperative Hyponatremic Encephalopathy in Menstruant Women
OBJECTIVES To determine factors associated with the development of encephalopathy and with its clinical course in patients with… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Impact of variability among surgeons on postoperative morbidity and mortality and ultimate survival.
OBJECTIVE--To assess the differences among surgeons in postoperative complications, postoperative mortality, and survival in… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Intra- and Postoperative Complications in Lumbar Disc Surgery
In a prospective study, 412 primary and 69 reoperations for herniated lumbar disc were observed and intra- and postoperative… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Randomized clinical trial of preoperative and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin, vindesine, and bleomycin for carcinoma of the esophagus.
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