Integrity of colorectal anastomosis: A review of technological assets

Victor Fernandez*, Gareth Thomson, Alan Slade, Jan Vorstius

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Colon and rectal cancer are increasingly common and regularly require surgical excision of the malignant tissue and joining together the two ends of the gastrointestinal track. The latter part of the operation is called anastomosis. A postoperative leakage where the anastomosis was fashioned is a not uncommon condition with very serious consequences. Several studies report technological advances aiming to prevent or to assess the risk of a leakage, or to heal a leakage once it has been detected. The authors also propose a new methodology to detect leakages during the operation. However, there is still a lack of a systematic and reliable procedure to entirely solve the leakage problem. The aim of this paper is to review the technology associated with the prevention, the detection and the treatment of an anastomotic leakage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 6th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMED 2008
PublisherACM
Pages283-287
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9780889867215
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2008
Event6th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMED 2008 - Innsbruck, Austria
Duration: 13 Feb 200815 Feb 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 6th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMED 2008

Conference

Conference6th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, BioMED 2008
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityInnsbruck
Period13/02/0815/02/08

Keywords

  • Anastomosis
  • Colon
  • Detection
  • Leak
  • Prevention
  • Treatment

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