TY  - JOUR
T1  - MAnagement of surgical gastrointestinal complications in renal transplant recipients
AU  - Faro RS, Corry RJ
Y1  - 1979/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370270080015
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 310
EP  - 312
VL  - 114
IS  - 3
N2  - • Gastrointestinal (GI) complications developed in 19 (7.2%) of 265 patients after renal transplantation, and 3 (16%) patients died. Complications included colon perforations, colonic bleeding, small-bowel infarction, pancreatitis, subphrenic abscess, and upper GI tract bleeding. Ulcers located in the second portion of the duodenum developed in six patients; four of them required operation for massive hemorrhage, which occurred during or immediately after the administration of high-dose methylprednisolone for rejection. However, the association of methylprednisolone and colon perforation was not clear from this report. Early diagnosis and prompt operation for surgical-type GI complications in transplant recipients contribute to a low mortality.(Arch Surg 114:310-312, 1979)
SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370270080015
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370270080015
ER  -