Bowel Complications Seen on CT After Pancreas Transplantation with Enteric Drainage

• Published in: American journal of roentgenology (1976) Vol. 187; no. 5; pp. 1288 - 1295
• Main Authors: Lall, Chandana G, Sandrasegaran, Kumaresan, Maglinte, Dean T, Fridell, Jonathan A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Leesburg, VA Am Roentgen Ray Soc 01.11.2006; American Roentgen Ray Society
• Subjects: Adult; Anastomosis, Surgical - adverse effects; Biological and medical sciences; Drainage - adverse effects; Duodenum - transplantation; Female; Hernia, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging; Hernia, Abdominal - etiology; Humans; Intestinal Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Intestinal Diseases - etiology; Intestinal Obstruction - diagnostic imaging; Intestinal Obstruction - etiology; Intestines - diagnostic imaging; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Pancreas Transplantation - adverse effects; Postoperative Care; Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging; Tissue Adhesions; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Nuclear medicine; Radiodiagnosis; Transplantation; Small intestine; Treatment; Surgery; Radiology; Graft; Medical imagery; Complication; Computerized axial tomography; Pancreas; Internal hernia
• ISSN: 0361-803X; 1546-3141
• DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1087

Bowel-related complications from pancreas transplantation account for much of the postsurgical morbidity. In a review of 98 pancreas transplant recipients, we found 19 (19.4%) with such complications. The most common problems were small-bowel obstruction and anastomotic leaks. Adhesions and internal hernias accounted for most postoperative bowel obstructions.