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.
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D011183
altLabel
Postoperative Complication
Complications, Postoperative
Complication, Postoperative
AN
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
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cui
C0032787
DC
1
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.