[en] Reports of laparoscopy in heart graft recipients are scarce and, to our knowledge, laparoscopic colectomy has not yet been reported in heart transplant patients. The magnitude and the tolerance of the hemodynamic changes induced by pneumoperitoneum are unknown in heart graft recipients, who have a denervated heart and are "preload-dependent". The authors report the clinical courses of 2 heart graft recipients who developed acute diverticulitis without perforation or peritonitis and who underwent laparoscopic-assisted colectomy without complications.
Disciplines :
Surgery Anesthesia & intensive care Gastroenterology & hepatology
Author, co-author :
Detry, Olivier ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation
Defraigne, Jean-Olivier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie générale
Chiche, Jean-Daniel
Meurisse, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgicale abdominale
Joris, Jean ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Anesthésie et réanimation
Honore, Pierre ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Chirurgie abdominale- endocrinienne et de transplantation
Jacquet, Nicolas
Limet, Raymond ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Chirurgie cardio-vasculaire et thoracique
Language :
English
Title :
Laparoscopic-Assisted Colectomy in Heart Transplant Recipients
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