Post-operative Complications

A general handbook covering post-surgical complications across all specialties. Particularly relevant for junior doctors and those preparing for their membership of the Royal College of Surgery (MRCS) exams.

It is particularly relevant for junior doctors and those preparing for their membership of the Royal College of Surgery (MRCS) exams.

GENERAL COMPLICATIONS
1. Post-operative pain
2. Infection
3. Cardiovascular complications after surgery in general
4. Complications related to fluid and electrolyte management in surgical patients
5. Complications of nutrition
6. Complications of blood transfusion and coagulation
7. Pressure sores
8. Complications related to use of medicines in surgery
9. Neurological complications after surgery
COMPLICATIONS AFTER SPECIFIC TYPES OF SURGERY
10. Complications of gastrointestinal surgery
11. Complications of peripheral vascular surgery
12. Complications of cardiothoracic surgery
13. Complications of abdominal transplant surgery
14. Complications of thoracic outlet decompression and thoracoscopic sympathectomy
15. Complications of vascular interventional radiology
16. Complications of varicose vein surgery
17. Complications of orthopaedic surgery
18. Complications of amputation
19. Complications of urological surgery
20. Complications of ENT and head and neck surgery
21. Complications after breast surgery
22. Complications of plastic surgery
23. Complications of hand surgery
24. Consent and other medicolegal issues