Postdischarge complications are an important predictor of postoperative readmissions.

Background: Thirty-day readmissions are common in general surgery patients and affect long-term outcomes including mortality. We sought to determine the effect of complication timing on postoperative readmissions.

Methods: Patients from our institutional American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database who underwent general surgery procedures from 2006 to 2011 were included.

Multiple complications and short length of stay are associated with postoperative readmissions.

Background: The aim of this study was to characterize patients readmitted following inpatient general surgery procedures. We hypothesized that a decreased length of stay would increase risk for readmission.

Methods: We utilized our institutional National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database from 2006 to 2011.

Postoperative complications in patients with rectal cancer are associated with delays in chemotherapy that lead to worse disease-free and overall survival.

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the risk factors for delays in chemotherapy after rectal cancer surgery and evaluate the effects of delayed therapy on long-term outcomes. We also sought to clarify what time frame should be used to define delayed adjuvant chemotherapy.

Background: Postoperative complications have been found to influence the timing of chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer.