Is prompt exploratory laparotomy the best attitude for mesenteric ischemia after cardiac surgery?

Mesenteric ischemia following cardiac surgery is a life-threatening complication. Early identification of patients may help optimizing management and improving outcome. Between January 2000 and July 2007, surgical exploration was realized when mesenteric ischemia was suspected after coronary-artery bypass grafts (CABG).

[Two-year follow-up study of postoperative rehabilitation, return to work, and athletic activities of 111 Lebanese patients after coronary bypass].

The goal of this paper is to study the progress of the first phase of rehabilitation of a Lebanese population treated by coronary artery bypass surgery, as well as to follow long-term socioprofessional reinsertion and resumption of physical activity in these patients. 111 patients operated in our hospital of coronary artery bypass in 1997 have been studied retrospectively two years after the surgery. The analyzed parameters are socioprofessional demographic data, physical and sports activities before and after the bypass surgery as well as the applied rehabilitation program.