Kl. Kramer et M. Clauss, Nomenclature and classification of complications. Standard procedure at Heidelberg University Orthopaedic Clinic, ORTHOPADE, 28(3), 1999, pp. 299-311
In order to get a better data management of complications in orthopedic sur
gery and in order to get comparable statistics a standardisation of nomencl
ature and classification of complications is demanded since 1.1.1997. The O
rthopedic University Clinic of Heidelberg started with a register of all ea
rly complications of all inpatients. According to a standardized nomenclatu
re all occured complications the doctors put in the data of complications i
n a database. These data were controlled, complemented and classified by me
mbers of the quality menagement group. This guideline consists of five part
s: catalogue of diagnoses, general and special definitions, classification
and an allocation table of diagnoses to grades of severity.