Gastrointestinal Bleed After Total Pancreatectomy With Islet Autotransplant.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is an uncommon complication after abdominal surgery. Given the unique risks in the total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplant (TPIAT) population, we aimed to describe this population's incidence of postoperative GIB.

Methods

Prospectively collected data on patients who underwent a TPIAT from 2001 to 2018 at the University of Minnesota were reviewed for postoperative GIB. Each GIB patient was matched to a control patient and compared for medical, medication, and social history and for clinical outcomes.

Results

Sixty-eight patients developed a GIB (12.4%) at median time after surgery of 17 months. Etiologies included the following: anastomotic ulcer (35%), Clostridium difficile (4%), gastric or duodenal ulcers (9%), esophag

SUBMITTER: Robbins AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8373743 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature