Home > Diseases > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Postoperative Complications Terms and Definitions

Postoperative Complications

Definition:	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.
Notes:	few qualif apply; IM; coord with specific postop compl (IM); not restricted to immediate postop period; differentiate from Cat E4 terms with /adv eff: Manual 23.18+; DF: POSTOP COMPL

Postoperative Complications Categories.

	Graft Occlusion, Vascular - Obstruction of flow in biological or prosthetic vascular grafts.
	Malignant Hyperthermia - Rapid and excessive rise of temperature accompanied by muscular rigidity following general anesthesia.
	Pain, Postoperative - Pain during the period after surgery.
	Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting - Emesis and queasiness occurring after anesthesia.
	Prosthesis Failure - Malfunction of implantation shunts, valves, etc., and prosthesis loosening, migration, and breaking.
	Surgical Wound Dehiscence - Pathologic process consisting of a partial or complete disruption of the layers of a surgical wound.

Postoperative Complications Definitions and Terms

MedicalGlossary.org is designed as a free, browsable resource for all. The medical terms and definitions are not intended to replace medical informaion provided by licensed healthcare professionals. Please see a doctor if you need medical assistance. Don't see the medical term you were researching? Send us an e-mail from our "about us" page. We will do our best to research and classify new medical terms in a timely manner. Our current list of medical terms is over 26,000. Data sources include the U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2004 Medical Subject Headings.


	Copyright 2004