Table 3.
Operative details and post-operative complications of 10 consecutive uterus transplant recipients. All surgeries were open laparotomy procedures. There were no intra-operative complications. Only the first episode necessitating therapy of a respective type of complication is mentioned.
| Recipient Case |
Time (Min) |
EBL (mL) |
PRBC (Units) |
MT (Min) |
CIT (Min) |
LOS (Days) |
Post-Operative Complications Clavien Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 209 | 1200 | 3 | 142 | 383 | 14 | II recurrent UTI, ACR gr 1 on day 459, CMV replication on day 1172, CKD on day 27 IIIb: dilation of stenosis on day 267, vaginal suture for vesico-vaginal fistula on day 272, open repair of vesicovaginal fistula and vaginal reanastomosis on day 341, vaginal stenosis (stent) on day 383 |
| 2 | 245 | 200 | 15 | 100 | 394 | 19 | IIIb removal of hematoma, reanastomosis of right UA on day 1, hysterectomy for thrombosis on day 7 |
| 3 | 250 | 1000 | 0 | 63 | 146 | 9 | II: recurrent UTI, AR gr 1 on day 20, leukopenia on day 40 |
| 4 | 229 | 600 | 0 | 84 | 283 | 11 | |
| 5 | 299 | 500 | 1 | 91 | 549 | 8 | II: AR gr 1 on day 13, leukopenia on day 89, IIIb: vaginal stenosis, dilation on day 75, Clostridium difficile colitis and acute appendicectomy on day 502 |
| 6 | 296 | 700 | 0 | 119 | 304 | 14 | II: UTI, AR gr 2 on day 150, leukopenia on day 88, CMV replication on day 374, EBV replication on day 1017 IIIb: vaginal stenosis (stent) on day 53 |
| 7 | 233 | 300 | 0 | 63 | 246 | 7 | II: UTI, leukopenia on day 72, graft HSV infection on day 40 IIIb: vaginal stenosis (dilation) on day 58, hysterectomy for HSV infection and protracted rejection on day 213 |
| 8 | 216 | 200 | 7 | 44 | 234 | 17 | IIIb: venous thrombectomy on day 5, hysterectomy for venus thrombosis on day 15 |
| 9 | 216 | 600 | 5 | 64 | 288 | 10 | II: AR gr 2–3 on day 395 IIIb: hemostasis on day 2 |
| 10 | 319 | 200 | 2 | 81 | 307 | 10 | II: leukopenia on day 50, AR gr 2 on day 105, CMV replication on day 547 IIIb vaginal hemostasis post biopsy on day 14, vaginal stenosis (stent) on day 22 |
| mean ± SD | 251 ± 40 | 550 ± 347 | 3 ± 5 | 85 ± 29 | 313 ± 109 | 12 ± 4 |
Abbreviations: acute rejection (AR), chronic kidney disease (CKD), cold ischemic time (CIT, min), cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), estimated blood loss (EBL, mL), grade (gr.), graft manipulating time (MT, min), herpes simplex virus (HSV), length of hospital stay (LOS, days), packed red blood cells (PRBC) given during the course of the entire hospitalization, standard deviation (SD), urinary tract infection (UTI), and uterine artery (UA).