Postoperative complications and mortality after major gastrointestinal surgery

Postoperative complications and mortality after major gastrointestinal surgery

Background and objective: The incidence of postoperative complications and death is low in the general population, but a subgroup of high-risk patients can be identified amongst whom adverse postoperative outcomes occur more frequently. The present study was undertaken to describe the incidence of p...

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Main Authors: Triin Jakobson, Juri Karjagin, Liisa Vipp, Martin Padar, Ants-Hendrik Parik, Liis Starkopf, Hartmut Kern, Olavi Tammik, Joel Starkopf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-01-01
Series:Medicina
Subjects:
Major abdominal surgery
High-risk patients
Postoperative complications
Mortality
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010660X14000196

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