Severe abdominal infection after orthotopic liver transplantation / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:Severe abdominal infection after liver transplantation is the serious perioperative complications in liver transplant recipients, and it is one of the major reasons of death or loss of liver function. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of severe abdominal infection after orthotopic liver transplantation. METHODS:The clinical data of 186 cases of abdominal infection that received orthotopic liver transplantation between March 2004 and November 2011 were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Among the 186 patients, 16 patients had severe abdominal infection. Among the 16 patients, five patients had the infection due to the biliary anastomotic leakage caused large effusion in the gap under liver;10 patients had infection due to the peripheral liver massive hematocele caused by liver transplant surgery wounds extensive bleeding;one patient had injection due to left subphrenic large effusion caused by lower esophagus fistula after transplantation. Twelve patients had second operation within 3 days after diagnose, and there was no death;four patients had second operation after diagnosed for 3 days, one patient dead due to multiple organ failure at 21 days after liver transplantation and 5 days after second surgery. The results show that severe abdominal infection after liver transplantation is one of the serious perioperative complications in liver transplant recipients, and active recovery, multiple organ support and removal of infected lesions with control ing surgery as wel as the adequate drainage and other comprehensive treatment measures are the key points for the treatment of severe abdominal infection after liver transplantation.