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Published in final edited form as: Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1990 Apr;170(4):317–322.

TABLE II.

Exploratory laparotomy for infection after orthotopic transplantation of the live

Indication	Deaths within six months	POD
Peritonitis, N=6	3/6	14±6
Abscess, N=3	1/3	19.6±7.5 (9, 24, 26)
Anastomotic leak, N=5	4/4	22.0±10.2
Jejunojejunostomy, N=3	3/3^*	19.0±11.7 (7, 15, 35)
Ileocolostomy, N=1	1/1^*	31
Pyloroplasty, N=1	1/1	22
Intestinal perforation, N=3	1/3	56.0±58.6
Small intestine, N=2	0/2⁺	71±67 (4, 138)
Colon, N=1	1/1	26
Infected pancreatic pseudocysts, N=4	1/2	23±13 (9, 23, 26, 44)
Negative exploration, N=10	1/10^‡	21.1±26.0
Total, N=3	11/25	23.4±27.0

One patient had leak from jejunojejunostomy and ileocolostomy simultaneously caused by cytomegalovirus enteritis.

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One patient had a lymphoproliferative disorder.

^‡

Three patients had exploratory laparotomy for peritonitis or abscess previously.

Patients in whom peritonitis developed because of bile leak were excluded. Values expressed for postoperative days are means plus or minus the standard deviation; numbers in parentheses are the specific postoperative days.