Handbook of postoperative complications

This handbook focuses on the complications which can arise after surgical procedures. The first section covers general complications and the second section covers complications encountered after specific types of surgery.

Introduction, Part. Part 1: General Complications. 1: Leaper: Infective complications of surgery in general, 2: Peel: Venous thromboembolism, 3: Munsch & Shah: Cardiovascular complications after surgery in general, 4: Royle: Complications of fluid and electrolyte balance in surgical patients, 5: Carlson & Clark: Complications of nutrition, 6: Finney: Complications of blood transfusion and coagulation, 7: E Scott: Pressure sores: causes and potential complications, 8: Dean & Harris: Complications after drugs used perioperatively or in surgical intervention, 9: Dickenson: Neurological complications after surgery in general, 10: Carpenter: Postoperative complications related to anaesthesia and intensive care, Part. Part 2: Complications after specific types of surgery. 11: Rosenberg & Peel: Complications of gastrointestinal surgery, 12: J Scott & Parry: Complications of peripheral vascular surgery, 13: Munsch & Guerrero: Complications after cardiopulmonary surgery, 14: Munsch: Complications of thoracic outlet decompression and transthoracic endoscopic sympathectomy, 15: J Scott & Parry: Complications of interventional vascular radiology, 16: J Scott & Parry: Complications of varicose vein surgery, 17: Rangan: Complications of orthopaedic surgery, 18: J Scott & Parry: Complications of amputation, 19: Skolarikos: Postoperative complications in urology, 20: Dickenson: Complications after head and neck surgery, 21: Leaper and Peel: Complications after breast surgery, 22: Humzah: Complications of plastic surgery, 23: Leaper: Wound complications (after laparotomy and surgery in general), 24: Dickenson: Complications of neurosurgery and spinal surgery, 25: McLeod: Complications after gynaecological surgery, 26: Hawthorne: Medicolegal aspects of postoperative complications