Use of Clavien-Dindo classification in urology part 1 – pelvic surgery

There is no widely accepted system to classify postoperative complications. It is necessary to compare the outcome and complications while validating a new surgical procedure or one of the surgical approaches of a particular condition. Several parameters have long been used to determine the outcome of a procedure, including length of hospital stay, time to return to work, perioperative death, complication rates, and hospital costs, although no definitions for complications or guidelines for reporting surgical outcomes have been universally accepted.