Major colonic complications of hepatic transplantation

Gastrointestinal complications of hepatic transplantation.

In this series of 150 orthotopic hepatic transplants, clinically significant gastrointestinal hemorrhage occurred in 34 patients (23%). Five patients (15%) survived this complication. Enteric perforations occurred in 20 patients following 198 biliary-enteric procedures. Only one patient survived. Enteric perforations unrelated to biliary procedures fared only slightly better with one survivor a...

NEUROLOGIC AND PSYCHOLOGIC COMPLICATIONS AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

Neurologic and psychologic complications are usually related to drug toxicity, infections or symptoms induced by deterioration of renal allograft function. Metabolic encephalopathy, hypertensive encephalopathy, cerebrovascular events, and new-onset seizures have all been reported in organ-transplant recipients. Infections can be caused by listeria, cryptococcus, nocardia, aspergillus and mu...

Hepatic abscess and colonic stenosis: two complications of an unlikely cause.

Question: A 79-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with a 4-week history of watery diarrhea (4–6 bowel movements per day) and a 2-week history of fever and right upper quadrant pain. She denied vomiting. Her past medical history was significant for cholecystectomy and cholangioenterostomy 2 years ago owing to choledocholithiasis and acute biliary pancretitis. On physical examination,...

The Major Complications of Colonoscopy: Sedation- Related, Hemorrhage Associated with Polypectomy and Colonic Perforation

Complications of renal transplantation.

Continued improvements in graft survival have led to widespread acceptance of renal transplantation as the preferred treatment for the majority of patients with end-stage renal disease. The long-term care of these patients is often provided away from transplantation centers. This article presents both the clinical and imaging features of renal transplantation complications and their interventio...