The Use of a Postoperative Morbidity Survey to Evaluate Patients with Prolonged Hospitalization After Routine, Moderate-Risk, Elective Surgery

Abstract

Little is known about the overall incidence and pattern of complications in patients with prolonged hospitalization after routine, elective surgery. We prospectively assessed these complications using a novel postoperative morbidity survey. The postoperative morbidity survey can be used in future clinical outcome trials, as well as in routine hospital-based quality assurance.