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[Gastrointestinal complication after open cardiac operation]

Y Moriyama1, H Toyohira, S Shimokawa

  • 1Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.

Summary

Abdominal complications like mesenteric infarction, acalculous cholecystitis, and rectal ulcers occurred in 0.9% of patients post-open heart surgery. These acute surgical abdomen cases, often linked to low cardiac output, require prompt surgical intervention to reduce mortality.

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