ReviewCurrent anesthesiology reports2022
The Hidden Pandemic: the Cost of Postoperative Complications.
Review in Current anesthesiology reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07464860 (A Box Breathing Intervention and the Surgical Stress Response in Older Adults Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Box Breathing Intervention and the Surgical Stress Response in Older Adults Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial
Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prehabilitation Outcomes in Surgical Oncology Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Control Trials.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Clear Vision, Clear Savings: Enhancing Efficiency in Minimally Invasive Surgery.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsPooled it
- HIgh versus STAndard blood Pressure target in hypertensive high-risk patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery: the HISTAP multicenter randomized clinical trial.Intensive care medicine · 2026Trial
- Trial
- Prognostic value of perioperative changes in serum primary metabolites in patients after major surgery under general anesthesia: an exploratory secondary analysis of the TAPIR trial.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Trial
- Potential for using simulated altitude as a means of prehabilitation: a physiology study.Anaesthesia · 2023Trial
- Comparing Complication Rates for Plastic Surgery Minor Procedure in Hospital and Out-of-Hospital Premises Clinics: A One Year Retrospective Review of 2739 Cases During COVID19 Pandemic.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2026Article
- A Holistic Nursing Surveillance Decision Support System for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications After Abdominal Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of preserved ratio impaired spirometry on postoperative outcomes of non-small cell lung cancer surgery.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Review
- Development of a Cocreated Perioperative Joint Replacement Digital Care Pathway to Improve Surgical Outcomes Following Joint Replacement: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Spine Surgery: Managing Complex and Revision Cases With a Minimally Invasive Approach.Cureus · 2025Article
- Cost-Effectiveness and Cost Only Studies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery: A Scoping Review.The Journal of surgical research · 2025Article
- Clinical implementation of an AI-based prediction model for decision support for patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery.Nature medicine · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Postoperative Pulmonary Compromise in a Pediatric Population: A Retrospective Review of a Single Institution Cohort.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Staging growing rod insertion results in increased postoperative complications than the equivalent unstaged procedure.Bone & joint open · 2025Article
- Impact of major postoperative complications on employment and earnings after elective hip or knee replacement surgery: a population-based matched cohort study.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Article
- Assessing perioperative risks in a mixed elderly surgical population using machine learning: A multi-objective symbolic regression approach to cardiorespiratory fitness derived from cardiopulmonary exercise testing.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- The Influence of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) on Postoperative Infection Rates Following Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)-A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Observational
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Purpose of Review: Population-based increases in ageing and medical co-morbidities are expected to substantially increase the incidence of expensive postoperative complications. This threatens the sustainability of essential surgical care, with negative impacts on patients' health and wellbeing. Recent Findings: Identification of key high-risk areas, and implementation of proven cost-effective strategies to manage both outcome and cost across the end-to-end journey of the surgical episode of care, is clearly feasible. However, good programme design and formal cost-effectiveness analysis is critical to identify, and implement, true high value change. Summary: Both outcome and cost need to be a high priority for both fundholders and clinicians in perioperative care, with the focus for both groups on delivering high-quality care, which in itself, is the key to good cost management.
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