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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.767
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| Concept/Terms |
Postoperative Complications- Postoperative Complications
- Complication, Postoperative
- Complications, Postoperative
- Postoperative Complication
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Postoperative Complications" by people in this website by year, and whether "Postoperative Complications" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| 1996 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 1997 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 1999 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 2000 | 15 | 22 | 37 |
| 2001 | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| 2002 | 27 | 18 | 45 |
| 2003 | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| 2004 | 20 | 17 | 37 |
| 2005 | 9 | 19 | 28 |
| 2006 | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| 2007 | 18 | 30 | 48 |
| 2008 | 19 | 33 | 52 |
| 2009 | 15 | 28 | 43 |
| 2010 | 23 | 26 | 49 |
| 2011 | 26 | 35 | 61 |
| 2012 | 37 | 33 | 70 |
| 2013 | 36 | 26 | 62 |
| 2014 | 53 | 24 | 77 |
| 2015 | 62 | 37 | 99 |
| 2016 | 59 | 40 | 99 |
| 2017 | 49 | 41 | 90 |
| 2018 | 54 | 44 | 98 |
| 2019 | 56 | 35 | 91 |
| 2020 | 52 | 37 | 89 |
| 2021 | 18 | 37 | 55 |
| 2022 | 6 | 42 | 48 |
| 2023 | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| 2024 | 26 | 34 | 60 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Postoperative Complications" by people in Profiles.
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Bariatric surgery and relevant comorbidities: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Surg Endosc. 2025 Mar; 39(3):1419-1448.
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Effect of Antifibrotic Medications on Development of Postoperative Adhesive Capsulitis and Need for Manipulation Under Anesthesia Following Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2025 Feb 01; 9(2).
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Extensive Disease and Exposure to Multiple Biologics Precolectomy Is Associated with Endoscopic Cuffitis Post-Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2025 01 06; 31(1):72-76.
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Endoscopic Normalization and Transition of J-Pouch Phenotypes Over Time in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2025 01 06; 31(1):63-71.
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Genomic analysis of surgical patients to identify patients at risk for postoperative sepsis and surgical site infection. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Mar 01; 98(3):385-392.
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Pediatric Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty: Defining Mastery Over a 15 Year Experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Mar; 60(3):162121.
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Incidence and Outcomes of Revision Bronchoscopies Following Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR). J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2025 Jan 01; 32(1).
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Ballistic talus fractures: a retrospective analysis. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2024 Dec 12; 145(1):33.
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Clinical Outcomes of Bilateral Total Shoulder Arthroplasty. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2025 Feb 15; 33(4):e224-e233.
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Ventral Hernia Repair With a Hybrid Absorbable-permanent Preperitoneal Mesh. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2024 Dec 01; 34(6):596-602.