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Table 2 Reports of gastrointestinal perforations requiring EAS after solid organ transplantation

From: Emergency abdominal surgery after solid organ transplantation: a systematic review

 

Transplanted organ (n)

EAS characteristics and outcomes

Authors, Year

Liver

Heart

Lung

Kidney

Patients undergoing EAS (n)

EAS Rate (%)

Surgical procedures (n)

Morbidity [n (%)]

Mortality [n (%)]

Timrott K et al., 2014 [24]

 

342

1074

 

21a

1,48

BR (21)

n/a

n/a

Lee JT et al., 2014 [25]

   

2406

10

0.42

CR (10)

6 (60)

3 (30)

Cruz RJ Jr et al., 2012 [26]

5677

   

6

0.11

n/a (6)

n/a

2 (33.3)

Boutros M et al., 2012 [27]

   

814

2

0.25

CR (2)

n/a

0 (0)

Boutros M et al., 2012 [27]

430

   

3

0.70

CR (3)

n/a

1 (33.3)

Jorgensen KK et al., 2012 [28]

69

   

4

5.80

CR (4)

n/a

0 (0)

Lahon B et al., 2011 [13]

  

351

 

2

0.57

CR (2)

n/a

0 (0)

Paul S et al., 2009 [4]

  

208

 

8

3.85

n/ac (7), CR (1)

n/a

3 (37.5)

Catena F et al., 2008 [29]

   

1611

46

2.86

CR (21), BR (15), UC (10)

n/a

11 (23.9)

Ho GT et al., 2005 [30]

413

   

4

0.97

CR (4)

n/a

0 (0)

Keven K et al., 2004 [31]

   

702

2

0.28

CR (2)

1 (50)

1 (50)

Karakayali H et al., 2002 [32]

   

1038

6

0.58

UC (4), CR (2)

n/a

0 (0)

Hoekstra HJ et al., 2001 [18]

  

125

 

2

1.60

BR (1), CR (1)

n/a

0 (0)

Andreoni KA et al., 1999 [33]

   

1417

26

1.83

CR (26)

n/a

1 (3,8)

Mueller XM et al., 1999 [34]

 

93

  

2b

2.15

UC (1), CS (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Bhatia DS et al., 1997 [21]

 

349

  

7

2.01

CR (7)

3 (42.9)

0 (0)

Wekerle T et al., 1997 [35]

  

124

 

4

3.23

n/ac (2), CR (2)

n/a

4 (100)

Beaver TM et al., 1996 [36]

  

60

 

3

5.00

HP (3)

0 (0)

1 (33,3)

Sharma S et al., 1996 [23]

 

240

  

2

0.83

n/ac (2)

0 (0)

1 (50)

Total

6589

1024

1942

7988

160

0.91

BR (37), CR (87), HP (3), UC (15), CS (1), n/a (17)

n/a

28 (17.5)

  1. EAS emergency abdominal surgery, BR bowel resection, CR colon resection, UC ulcer closure, CS colostomy, HP hartmann procedure, n/a not available
  2. a3out of 21 were after heart transplantation; b1 Duodenal ulcer perforation and 1 iatrogenic colon perforation; cPeptic ulcer disease