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Table 4 Reports of small bowel obstructions 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 (%)]

Cruz RJ Jr et al., 2012 [26]

5677

   

7

0,12

BR (7)

n/a

2 (28.6)

Lahon B et al., 2011 [13]

  

351

 

3

0.85

BR (3)

n/a

0 (0)

Paul S et al., 2009 [4]

  

208

 

14

6.73

LA (14)

n/a

1 (7.1)

Miller CB et al., 2006 [41]

  

229

 

2

0.87

BR (1), LA (1)

n/a

1 (50)

Karakayali H et al., 2002 [32]

   

1038

1

0.10

BR (1)

n/a

0 (0)

Andreoni KA et al., 1999 [33]

   

1417

4

0.28

BR (4)

n/a

1 (25)

Bhatia DS et al., 1997 [21]

 

349

  

5

1.43

BR (5)

1 (20)

0

Total

5677

349

788

2455

36

0.39

BR (21), LA (15)

n/a

5 (13.9)

  1. EAS emergency abdominal surgery, BR bowel resection, LA lysis of adhesions n/a not available