There is some evidence that patients who later develop postoperative complications may be identified in the early perioperative or even in the preoperative period [ 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18].
There is some evidence that patients who develop postoperative complications may be identified preoperatively based on the hypothesis that the primed immune system amplifies the immune response to cardiac surgical trauma.
Such patients frequently develop postoperative complications that may necessitate admission to the ICU.
Second-look endoscopy may be useful in patients who are prone to develop postoperative bleeding 24 hours or later after ESD, such as young patients and patients with renal disease; therefore, further studies are required.
If we consider patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery, up to 4% may die [ 7], and a significant portion more will develop postoperative complications [ 8] with a prolonged duration of hospital stay and a reduced longer-term survival [ 3].
Anesthesiologists should be aware that this condition may follow uncomplicated intracranial surgeries in the supine position, and should obtain prompt ophthalmologic consultation when patients develop postoperative visual loss.
Alternatively, acute postoperative pancreatitis may develop in the gland remnant after partial pancreatectomy, and appears as segmental or diffuse enlargement with peripancreatic inflammatory changes and fluid collections extending to the retroperitoneal fasciae and the anterior pararenal space [4].
Postoperative delirium may develop secondary to the extent of surgical trauma.
On the other hand, various complications may develop in the intraoperative and postoperative periods with the use of PFN. 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 16– 20 The potential late complications may include neck screw cutouts, nonunion, Z-effect, reversed Z-effect, secondary varus deformity, thigh pain due to iliotibial tract irritation, and fracture development near the distal aspect of the nail.
Previous reports showed that it may develop after endovascular surgery, which requires postoperative anticoagulation therapy.
