Post-Operative Complications
General
Immediate
- anaesthetic
- haemorrhage
- surgical tissue damage
- inadvertent operating theatre trauma
- pressure sores
- diathermy burns
- falls
- transfusion reactions
Early post-operative
- haemorrhage
- fluid balance
- urinary retention
- transfusion reactions
- acute renal failure
Late Post-operative
- haemorrhage (due to infection eroding vessels at operation site)
- infection
- minor wound infection
- cellulitis / abscess
- gas gangrene
- impaired wound healing
- wound dehiscence
- Respiratory
- Thromboembolism
- Multiple Organ Failure (in order)
- pulmonary failure
- hepatic
- intestinal
- renal
- cardiac
- fluid balance
- urinary tract infection
- antibiotic-associated colitis
- pressure sores
Long-term
- wound sinus (due to retained foreign material)
- incisional hernia
- adhesions
- strictures
Systems
- Cardiovascular
- Respiratory
- Nutritional
- Urinary
- Gastrointestinal
- Neuromuscular
- Psychological
Specific
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