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12616358

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of this study was to describe the kinds of complications and their incidence after peripheral vascular surgery of the lower limb, coding for causes and effect on the patient. In this prospective study, a standardized complication registration system was used at the Red Cross Hospital, The Hague. All patients (n = 373) receiving an infrainguinal bypass graft during the period January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1999 were included. All postoperative complications occurring during admission were coded. In 29% of the patients 153 complications were coded. Early occlusions of the graft occurred 36 times, wound infections 21 times and postoperative hemorrhages 20 times. Postoperative retention of urine was seen most frequently of all nonspecific complications (n = 22). In 43 cases the patient needed medication or a blood transfusion for his complication. In 42 cases a re-intervention was necessary. Complications led to a prolonged stay in the hospital in 20 cases. Six patients died during admittance (mortality 1.6%). An error in surgical therapy and error in nonsurgical therapy were the cause of the complication in 108 cases (out of 153). The advantage of this complication registration is that it describes all complications, not just the specific ones. Furthermore, by categorizing all complications we force ourselves to look for errors in nonsurgical therapy and surgical technique and to describe the effect of the complication.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0890-5096
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
198-202
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Complication registration in patients after peripheral arterial bypass surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article