ReviewWorld journal of emergency surgery : WJES2016
Emergency abdominal surgery after solid organ transplantation: a systematic review.
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- Acute abdomen in the immunocompromised patient: WSES, SIS-E, WSIS, AAST, and GAIS guidelines.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2021Guideline
- Laparoscopic vs. open surgery for the treatment of iatrogenic colonoscopic perforations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2017Pooled it
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- Pancreatic Cancer after Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: A Case Report of Long-Term Recurrence-Free Survival after Pancreaticoduodenectomy Followed by Adjuvant Chemotherapy.Surgical case reports · 2026Article
- Bowel complications requiring surgical intervention in kidney transplant recipients: a retrospective study of clinical characteristics and risk factors.Clinical transplantation and research · 2025Article
- Obesity, organ failure, and transplantation: a review of the role of metabolic and bariatric surgery in transplant candidates and recipients.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Review
- Critical considerations for the management of acute abdomen in transplant patients.World journal of transplantation · 2024Article
- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis: A Comprehensive Narrative Review for a Practical Approach.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Clinical and financial outcomes of transplant recipients following emergency general surgery operations.Surgery open science · 2023Article
- Overuse of Proximal Fecal Diversion in Colorectal Surgery.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2023Review
- Early relaparotomy following pediatric living-donor liver transplantation: experience in an Indonesian national referral hospital.World journal of pediatric surgery · 2023Article
- Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Recipients Experience Higher Risk of Complications Compared to the General Population after Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2021Article
- Colorectal Resection in Transplant Centers Benefits Kidney But Not Pancreas Transplant Recipients.The International journal of angiology : official publication of the International College of Angiology, Inc · 2021Article
- Treatment options for localised renal cell carcinoma of the transplanted kidney.World journal of transplantation · 2020Review
- The Effect of Immunosuppression on Emergency Colectomy Outcomes: A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis.World journal of surgery · 2020Article
- Acute appendicitis after liver transplantation: A single center experience and review of the literature.Annals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery · 2020Article
- The impact of age and comorbidity on the postoperative outcomes after emergency surgical management of complicated intra-abdominal infections.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Defining the Burden of Emergency General Surgery in Transplant Patients: A Nationwide Examination.The Journal of surgical research · 2020Article
- Morbidity and mortality of serious gastrointestinal complications after lung transplantation.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
aimsDue to the increasing number of solid organs transplantations, emergency abdominal surgery in transplanted patients is becoming a relevant challenge for the general surgeon. The aim of this systematic review of the literature is to analyze morbidity and mortality of emergency abdominal surgery performed in transplanted patients for graft-unrelated surgical problems.
methodsThe literature search was performed on online databases with the time limit 1990-2015. Studies describing all types of emergency abdominal surgery in solid organ transplanted patients were retrieved for evaluation.
resultsThirty-nine case series published between 1996 and 2015 met the inclusion criteria and were selected for the systematic review. Overall, they included 71671 transplanted patients, of which 1761 (2.5 %) underwent emergency abdominal surgery. The transplanted organs were the heart in 65.8 % of patients, the lung in 22.1 %, the kidney in 9.5 %, and the liver in 2.6 %. The mean patients' age at the time of the emergency abdominal surgery was 49.4 ± 7.4 years, and the median time from transplantation to emergency surgery was 2.4 years (range 0.1-20). Indications for emergency abdominal surgery were: gallbladder diseases (80.3 %), gastrointestinal perforations (9.2 %), complicated diverticulitis (6.2 %), small bowel obstructions (2 %), and appendicitis (2 %). The overall mortality was 5.5 % (range 0-17.5 %). The morbidity rate varied from 13.6 % for gallbladder diseases to 32.7 % for complicated diverticulitis. Most of the time, the immunosuppressive therapy was maintained unmodified postoperatively.
conclusionsEmergency abdominal surgery in transplanted patients is not a rare event. Although associated with relevant mortality and morbidity, a prompt and appropriate surgery can lead to satisfactory results if performed taking into account the patient's immunosuppression therapy and hemodynamic stability.
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