Experiences with the standardized classification of surgical complications (Clavien-Dindo) in general surgery patients.

摘要: The standardized Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications is applied as a simple and widely used tool to assess report postoperative in general surgery. However, most documentation uses this surgery-related morbidity mortality a single field surgery or even particular intervention. aim the present study was experiences with when all patients on ward a tertiary referral care center. We analyzed a period 6 months a ward a broad range visceral Discharge reports patient charts were retrospectively reported rated according recent version. complexity operations assessed Austrian Chamber Physicians accounting system. included 517 817 admissions, whom 463 had been operated upon. Complications emerged 12.5%, which 19% Clavien I, 20.7% Clavien II, 13.8% Clavien IIIa, 27.6% IIIb, 8.6% IVa, 10.3% Clavien V. No grade IVb complication occurred within investigation. Patients having undergone more complex higher scores experienced significantly longer lengths hospital stay. can easily be document rates surgery, though collective not original validation studies et al. consisted heavily impaired patients.