title: Laparoscopic-assisted colectomy in heart transplant recipients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Liège, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Belgium.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Detry
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Defraigne
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Chiche
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meurisse
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Joris
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Honoré
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jacquet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Limet
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011028:Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial