title: [Nomenclature and classification of complications. Standard procedure at the Heidelberg University Orthopedic Clinic].
abstract: In order to get a better data management of complications in orthopedic surgery and in order to get comparable statistics a standardisation of nomenclature and classification of complications is demanded since 1.1.1997. The Orthopedic University Clinic of Heidelberg started with a register of all early complications of all inpatients. According to a standardized nomenclature all occurred complications the doctors put in the data of complications in a database. These data were controlled, complemented and classified by members of the quality management group. This guideline consists of five parts: catalogue of diagnoses, general and special definitions, classification and an allocation table of diagnoses to grades of severity.
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002965:Classification; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000145:classification*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D009626:Terminology as Topic