TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Postoperative Complications A1 - Zheng-Pywell, Rui A1 - Chu, Daniel I. A2 - Doherty, Gerard M. Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 15e AB - All operations come with inherent risks for postoperative complications. These range from relatively common complications, such as superficial wound infections, to other systemic complications, such as cerebrovascular accidents. All complications, however small or big, matter and increase the risk of patient mortality, longer length of stay, and readmissions. Agencies such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recognize the significance of these events and now tie financial reimbursements to surgical quality through several complication metrics (Table 5–1). Postoperative complications therefore impact not only patients, but also providers and healthcare systems. To reduce these complications, surgeons must be cognizant of patient risk factors, facile in diagnosing the complication, and well-versed in managing them. SN - PB - McGraw Hill LLC CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171273869 ER -