BackgroundAnticipating postoperative evolution in surgical patients is an important issue in our daily practice.We have demonstrated in a previous study that predictors of postoperative outcome are multiple including American Society of Anesthesiologists status (ASA), transfusion, emergency, surgery and age. A detailed description of postoperative outcome was undertaken in children aged between 6 and 10 years included in the initial study.ObjectiveTo describe postoperative outcome in children aged between 6 and 10 years included in the initial cohort in abdominal surgery, neurosurgery and orthopedics.MethodsSecondary analysis of postoperative outcome in children aged between 6 and 10 years included retrospectively in the initial study of 594 patients. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee.ResultsThere were 88 patients with a mean age of 98.7±13.8 months.The most common surgical interventions were scoliosis in 23 patients (26.1%), femoral osteotomy 7 patients (7.9%), limb tumor resection 7 patients (7.9%), intracerebral tumor resection 6 patients (6.8%), intestinal resection 5 patients (5.6%), Chiari’s malformation 4 patients (4.5%), pelvic osteotomy 4 patients (4.5%) and renal transplantation 4 patients (4.5%). Most patients (45%) were American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 3 (ASA 3) and 13 (14.8%) were ASA grade 4. 22(25%) patients had intra-operative and or postoperative complications (organ dysfunction or sepsis). 2 patients (2.3%) had intra-operative hemorrhagic, 1 patient (1.1%) had an intra-operative difficult intubation and 1 patient experienced intra-operative anaphylaxis. 9 patients (10.2%) had postoperative neurologic failure and 2 (2.3%) postoperative cardio-circulatory failure. 3 patients (3.4%) had postoperative septicemia, 2 patients (2.3%) had postoperative pulmonary and urinary sepsis and 1 patient (1.1%) had postoperative abdominal sepsis. 3 patients (3.4%) had re-operations. 42(47.7%) patients had intra-operative transfusion. There was 1 in-hospital death (1.1%). Median total length of hospital stay was 9 days [5-16].Conclusion25% of the patients had intra-operative and or postoperative complications and most of them were ASA grade ³3. Integrating goal directed therapies to optimize intra-operative management in these patients is a necessary implementation to improve postoperative outcome in surgical pediatric patients.