Intraoperative assessment of colorectal anastomotic integrity: A systematic review

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2513-2530

  Nachiappan, Subramanian ^a   Askari, Alan ^a   Currie, Andrew ^a   Kennedy, Robin H ^a,b   Faiz, Omar ^a,b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Bowel; Colorectal cancer; Complications; GI endoscopy; Imaging and VR

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; COLORING AGENT; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANASTOMOSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLON; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RECTUM; SURGERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLON; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECTUM;

EID: 84906936995     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3520-z     Document Type: Review

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