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Postoperative Complications MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Postoperative Complications
Tree Number(s)
C23.550.767
Unique ID
D011183
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011183
Annotation
coordinate with specific postoperative complication (if not treed under POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS) and specific surgical procedure if pertinent; effective 2017: for postoperative complications that are a direct result of the surgical procedure, coordinate with specific postoperative complication(if not treed under POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS) and specific surgical procedure /‌adv eff
Scope Note
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.
Entry Version
POSTOP COMPL
Entry Term(s)
Complication, Postoperative
Public MeSH Note
64
History Note
64
Date Established
1964/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2016/11/10
Postoperative Complications Preferred
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