Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10101353 | The American Journal of Surgery | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This experience suggests that an anastomosis can be performed as safely in patients with acute obstruction of the left colon as in those with acute obstruction of the right colon. Mortality following resection and anastomosis is actually lower in left than right colonic obstruction. Neither intraoperative irrigation nor routine subtotal colectomy was found to be necessary in patients with acute colonic obstruction. Intraoperative decompression should be considered in left and also right colonic obstruction prior to the anastomosis following colonic resection.
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Authors
Tzu-Chi (F.A.C.S.),