title: What is a surgical complication?
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dindo
authors.forename: Pierre-Alain
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Clavien
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000145:classification*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D009626:Terminology as Topic