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Lung transplantation delays gastric motility in patients without prior gastrointestinal surgery-A single-center experience of 412 consecutive patients.

Sameer A HirjiBrian C GulackBrian R EnglumPaul J SpeicherAsvin M GanapathiAsishana A OshoRahul A ShimpiAlexander PerezMatthew G Hartwig
Published in: Clinical transplantation (2017)
Delayed gastric emptying is very common following lung transplantation, occurring in over half of all lung transplant recipients with increased prevalence in patients with CF. The association with cystic fibrosis could be secondary to extra-pulmonary manifestations of the underlying disease or indicative of increased intraoperative vagal nerve injury. We speculate that DGE may play a substantial role in the increased reflux-induced allograft injury seen after lung transplantation. Further prospective studies are needed to validate this hypothesis.
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