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Category C - Diseases

Postoperative Complications

The MeSH heading POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS is used with articles discussing disorders affecting patients who have undergone surgery. The postoperative complication may be either a direct result of the surgery or an indirect result of the surgery.

Delirium: An Important Postoperative Complication.
*POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
DELIRIUM /*etiol
Pancreatic fistula after distal gastrectomy.
GASTRECTOMY /*adv eff
PANCREATIC FISTULA /*etiol
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

Last Reviewed: January 18, 2017