Exploratory Laparotomy After Routine Cardiac Surgery: Results From 17,000 Patients
Exploratory laparotomy is rare after open-heart surgery, and it was performed for gastrointestinal complications that occurred in the context of other severe postoperative complications. Several factors were associated with the need for exlap, including increasing age, pre-existing renal and vascular disease, and pre- and post-operative shock.
Authors
- Megan Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5180-2773)
- Pyongsoo Yoon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8051-7039)
- Ryan Rivosecchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0631-1358)
- Takuya Ogami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6659-2617)
- Irsa Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8787-9841)
- Holt Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-2474)
- Derek Serna‐Gallegos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5991-6385)
- Jianhui Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-0121)
- James A. Brown
- Johannes Bonatti
- Floyd Thoma
- Zeyu Liu
- Michelle Yoon
- David Kaczorowski
- Ibrahim Sultan
- Danny Chu
- Zihan Feng
Institutions
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.70341
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00