Anastomotic dehiscence after low anterior resection of the rectum |
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Authors: | J Sharefkin N Joffe W Silen D Fromm |
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Affiliation: | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Abstract: | Thirty-two patients who had anastomoses to the extraperitoneal rectum underwent radiographic contrast studies about two weeks after operation in order to determine the incidence of anastomotic dehiscence. No extravasation occurred in the sixteen anastomoses in which the middle hemorrhoidal arteries were intact, but partial disruption occurred in four of seventeen (24%) anastomoses in which the middle hemorrhoidal arteries were sacrificed. Since not all patients with anastomotic dehiscence after low anterior resection are symptomatic, the incidence of anastomotic breakdown will be under-estimated unless x-ray studies are performed. More data are required for a better understanding of the technical features of operation which will reduce the incidence of leakage from anastomoses to the extraperitoneal rectum. |
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Keywords: | Reprint requests should be addressed to David Fromm MD Department of Surgery Beth Israel Hospital 330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215. |
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