Severe Abdominal Complications in Lung Transplant Recipients.

Our results showed that preexisting gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary conditions, along with other common pretransplant factors, were not significant predictors of abdominal complications following lung transplant. Future studies should focus on intraoperative and immediate postoperative factors and should explore the role of minimally invasive surgical techniques and potential benefits of earlier or more comprehensive pretransplant screening.