ArticleWorld journal of surgery2015
Incidence and Risk Factors of Abdominal Complications After Lung Transplantation.
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- Invasive acupuncture for gastroparesis after thoracic or abdominal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Gastric Motility Disorders Post Organ Transplantation-A Comprehensive Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Effects of intraoperative fluid therapy on intensive care process, morbidity, and mortality after lung transplantation.Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi · 2023Article
- Everolimus Based Immunosuppression Strategies in Adult Lung Transplant Recipients: Calcineurin Inhibitor Minimization Versus Calcineurin Inhibitor Elimination.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2023Article
- Review: immunosuppression for the lung transplant patient.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Review
- Factors affecting complications development and mortality after single lung transplant.World journal of transplantation · 2021Review
- Acute cholecystitis in recent lung transplant patients: a single-institution series of 10 cases.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2021Article
- Morbidity and mortality of serious gastrointestinal complications after lung transplantation.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2019Article
- Impact of vagus nerve integrity testing on surgical management in patients with previous operations with potential risk of vagal injury.Surgical endoscopy · 2019Article
- Gastrointestinal complications after lung transplantation in Japanese patients.Surgery today · 2018Article
- Expert consensus document: Advances in the diagnosis and classification of gastric and intestinal motility disorders.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2018Review
- Rare causes of hyperbilirubinemia after lung transplantation: our experience at a single center.Journal of thoracic disease · 2017Article
- Superior mesenteric artery syndrome after lung transplantation: a rare early gastrointestinal complication of lung transplantation.Surgery today · 2017Article
- Successful treatment of ileal ulcers caused by immunosuppressants in two organ transplant recipients.World journal of gastroenterology · 2016Article
- Prevalence of gastrointestinal dysmotility and complications detected by abdominal plain films after lung transplantation: a single-centre cohort study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundDue to the underlying diseases and the need for immunosuppression, patients after lung transplantation are particularly at risk for gastrointestinal (GI) complications that may negatively influence long-term outcome. The present study assessed the incidences and impact of GI complications after lung transplantation and aimed to identify risk factors.
methodsRetrospective analysis of all 227 consecutively performed single- and double-lung transplantations at the University hospitals of Lausanne and Geneva was performed between January 1993 and December 2010. Logistic regressions were used to test the effect of potentially influencing variables on the binary outcomes overall, severe, and surgery-requiring complications, followed by a multiple logistic regression model.
resultsFinal analysis included 205 patients for the purpose of the present study, and 22 patients were excluded due to re-transplantation, multiorgan transplantation, or incomplete datasets. GI complications were observed in 127 patients (62%). Gastro-esophageal reflux disease was the most commonly observed complication (22.9%), followed by inflammatory or infectious colitis (20.5%) and gastroparesis (10.7%). Major GI complications (Dindo/Clavien III-V) were observed in 83 (40.5%) patients and were fatal in 4 patients (2.0%). Multivariate analysis identified double-lung transplantation (p = 0.012) and early (1993-1998) transplantation period (p = 0.008) as independent risk factors for developing major GI complications. Forty-three (21%) patients required surgery such as colectomy, cholecystectomy, and fundoplication in 6.8, 6.3, and 3.9% of the patients, respectively. Multivariate analysis identified Charlson comorbidity index of ≥3 as an independent risk factor for developing GI complications requiring surgery (p = 0.015).
conclusionGI complications after lung transplantation are common. Outcome was rather encouraging in the setting of our transplant center.
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