• The American surgeon · Apr 2003

    Gastrointestinal complications after ruptured aortic aneurysm repair.

    • Noreen K Durrani, Vijay Trisal, Vijay Mittal, and S S Hans.
    • Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital Medical Center, Southfield, Michigan 48075, USA.
    • Am Surg. 2003 Apr 1; 69 (4): 330-3; discussion 333.

    AbstractGastrointestinal complications after ruptured aortic abdominal aneurysm (AAA) repair are not well defined and are limited to descriptions of ischemic colitis. We sought to delineate risk factors predicting gastrointestinal complications after ruptured AAA repair. Data from 100 consecutive patients after ruptured AAA repair between July 1980 and June 2000 were gathered for multiple preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative factors. These variables were analyzed relative to postoperative gastrointestinal complications and resulting mortality. Overall mortality was 48 per cent. Gastrointestinal complications were encountered 29 times in 27 patients of 100 total patients (27%). Complications included prolonged adynamic ileus (three), acute pancreatitis (four) and cholecystitis (two), perforated duodenal ulcer (one), bowel obstruction (three), antibiotic-associated colitis (six), ischemic colitis (three), bowel infarction (four), and liver failure (three). Comparison of patients with and without gastrointestinal complications showed no predictive preoperative or intraoperative variables. Gastrointestinal complications are common in ruptured aortic aneurysm repair and carry increased mortality and morbidity. Surgeons must maintain a high level of suspicion to anticipate possible gastrointestinal complications.

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