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Technique of air-leak testing of ileocolic anastomosis

Authors: T. Poskus, M. Luksta, M. Kryzauskas

Published in: Techniques in Coloproctology | Issue 10/2018

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The rate of anastomotic leak after right hemicolectomy in recent large prospective cohort studies is significantly higher than previously reported. The European Society of Coloproctology right hemicolectomy audit [1] prospectively identified the ileocolic anastomotic leak rate to be 8.1% (of 3041 patients). The Spanish ANACO group identified an overall leak rate of 8.4% in 1102 patients undergoing elective right hemicolectomy for cancer [2]. A nationwide audit from the Netherlands found anastomotic leak rates to be 6.4% and 7.5%, in patients having anastomosis after right hemicolectomy (n = 7788) and ileo-cecal resection (n = 240), respectively [3]. …

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Title: Technique of air-leak testing of ileocolic anastomosis
Authors: T. Poskus
M. Luksta
M. Kryzauskas
Publication date: 01-10-2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Techniques in Coloproctology / Issue 10/2018
Print ISSN: 1123-6337
Electronic ISSN: 1128-045X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-018-1882-2

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