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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 5/2009

01-05-2009

What Is a Surgical Complication?

Authors: Steven C. Cunningham, Stephen M. Kavic

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 5/2009

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Confucius taught us that “if terms be incorrect, then statements do not accord with facts; and when statements and facts do not accord, then business is not properly executed” [1]. Recently, Dindo and Clavien [2] and Sokol and Wilson [3] have advanced the discussion regarding the definition of the term postoperative complications. We suggest that use of the word complication to refer to adverse intraoperative events warrants further comment. …
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The Analects by Confucius, Book XIII, Chapter III, Paragraph IV
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Clavien PA, Sanabria JR, Strasberg SM (1992) Proposed classification of complications of surgery with examples of utility in cholecystectomy. Surgery 111:518–526PubMed
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Dindo D, Demartines N, Clavien PA (2004) A new proposal with evaluation in a cohort of 6336 patients and results of a survey. Ann Surg 240:205–213PubMedCrossRef
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Cunningham SC, Klein RV, Kavic SM (2008, in press) A nomenclature of nomenclature: the sources of terminologic uncertainty & confusion (STUC) classification and the value of communication. Arch Surg
Metadata
Title
What Is a Surgical Complication?
Authors
Steven C. Cunningham
Stephen M. Kavic
Publication date
01-05-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-008-9881-5

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