Why the study?
Do postoperative complications worsen long-term mortality in surgical patients?
Population
Patients undergoing surgery (mostly cancer surgery) who survive the immediate risk period
Design
Review
Follow-up
long-term
Authors
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Postoperative complications may warrant closer long-term surveillance; extends consistent associations but leaves causality and prevention effects open.
Do postoperative complications worsen long-term mortality in surgical patients?
Patients who develop postoperative complications and survive the immediate risk period demonstrate worsened long-term mortality.
Toner et al. (2013) studied this question.
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