Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Post-operative complications
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Cavin Gray MBChB, FRCA
Foundation Years Journal, volume 4, issue 2, p.60 (123Doc Education, London, February 2010)
Abstract
Worldwide it is estimated that approximately 200 to 250 million surgical procedures are performed each year. Many of these patients will suffer from one or more post-operative complications. Definitions of what constitutes a post-operative complication vary but the term generally suggests an adverse occurrence affecting a patient's well-being, which may at the very least delay recovery and in the worst cases result in lasting disability or death. Because of the difficulties in both defining post-operative complications and in gathering data, it is difficult to provide an accurate incidence of their occurrence but some studies have suggested figures as high as 30% or more. Post-operative complications may arise as a direct consequence of the surgical procedure or anaesthesia, or be related to underlying medical conditions and while not all will be serious or life-threatening even those which are mild and self-limiting may, nonetheless, be distressing to patients and since they may require treatment and prolong hospital stay, they may have significant cost implications.
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Authors
Cavin Gray MBChB, FRCA
Consultant Anaesthetist
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Herries Road
Sheffield S5 7AU
cavin.gray@sth.nhs.uk
References
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