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Hernandez PT, Paspulati RM, Shanmugan S. Diagnosis of Anastomotic Leak. Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2021; 34:391-399. [PMID: 34853560 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1735270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Anastomotic leaks after colorectal surgery is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Understanding the impact of anastomotic leaks and their risk factors can help the surgeon avoid any modifiable pitfalls. The diagnosis of an anastomotic leak can be elusive but can be discerned by the patient's global clinical assessment, adjunctive laboratory data and radiological assessment. The use of inflammatory markers such as C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin have recently gained traction as harbingers for a leak. A CT scan and/or a water soluble contrast study can further elucidate the location and severity of a leak. Further intervention is then individualized on the spectrum of simple observation with resolution or surgical intervention.
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- Paul T Hernandez
- Division of Colorectal Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The effect of Ginkgo biloba EGb 761 on intestinal anastomotic healing in rats with ischemia-reperfusion induced in the lower extremities. JOURNAL OF SURGERY AND MEDICINE 2021. [DOI: 10.28982/josam.890700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zheng Y, Pierce AF, Wagner WL, Khalil HA, Chen Z, Funaya C, Ackermann M, Mentzer SJ. Biomaterial-Assisted Anastomotic Healing: Serosal Adhesion of Pectin Films. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:2811. [PMID: 34451349 PMCID: PMC8401717 DOI: 10.3390/polym13162811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Anastomotic leakage is a frequent complication of intestinal surgery and a major source of surgical morbidity. The timing of anastomotic failures suggests that leaks are the result of inadequate mechanical support during the vulnerable phase of wound healing. To identify a biomaterial with physical and mechanical properties appropriate for assisted anastomotic healing, we studied the adhesive properties of the plant-derived structural heteropolysaccharide called pectin. Specifically, we examined high methoxyl citrus pectin films at water contents between 17-24% for their adhesivity to ex vivo porcine small bowel serosa. In assays of tensile adhesion strength, pectin demonstrated significantly greater adhesivity to the serosa than either nanocellulose fiber (NCF) films or pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) (p < 0.001). Similarly, in assays of shear resistance, pectin demonstrated significantly greater adhesivity to the serosa than either NCF films or PSA (p < 0.001). Finally, the pectin films were capable of effectively sealing linear enterotomies in a bowel simulacrum as well as an ex vivo bowel segment. We conclude that pectin is a biomaterial with physical and adhesive properties capable of facilitating anastomotic healing after intestinal surgery.
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- Yifan Zheng
- Laboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; (Y.Z.); (A.F.P.); (W.L.W.); (H.A.K.); (Z.C.)
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- Laboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; (Y.Z.); (A.F.P.); (W.L.W.); (H.A.K.); (Z.C.)
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- Laboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; (Y.Z.); (A.F.P.); (W.L.W.); (H.A.K.); (Z.C.)
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Translational Lung Research Center, University of Heidelberg, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; (Y.Z.); (A.F.P.); (W.L.W.); (H.A.K.); (Z.C.)
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- Laboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; (Y.Z.); (A.F.P.); (W.L.W.); (H.A.K.); (Z.C.)
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, University of Heidelberg, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany;
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- Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55122 Mainz, Germany;
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- Laboratory of Adaptive and Regenerative Biology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; (Y.Z.); (A.F.P.); (W.L.W.); (H.A.K.); (Z.C.)
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Agostinho N, Hamilton AE, Young CJ. Could it be an anastomotic leak? A pelvic abscess of unknown aetiology. ANZ J Surg 2019; 90:1169-1171. [PMID: 31578785 DOI: 10.1111/ans.15443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nelson Agostinho
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Kaska M, Blazej S, Turek Z, Ryska A, Jegorov B, Radochova V, Bezouska J, Paral J. The effect of three different surgical techniques for colon anastomosis on regional postoperative microperfusion: Laser Doppler Flowmetry study in pigs. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2018; 68:61-70. [PMID: 29439318 DOI: 10.3233/ch-170297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The optimal surgical approach to reconnecting bowel ends safely after resection is of great importance. OBJECTIVES This project is focused on assessment of the perianastomotic microcirculation quality in the short postoperative period when using three different anastomosis techniques in experimental animal. METHODS The experimental study involved 27 young female domestic pigs divided into three subgroups of 9 animals according to each surgical method of anastomosis construction in the sigmoid colon region: by manual suture, by stapler, or by gluing. Blood microcirculation in the anastomosis region was monitored using Laser Doppler Flowmetry (LDF). Anastomosis healing was evaluated by macroscopic and histological examination. RESULTS Evaluation of the microcirculation in the anastomosis region showed the smallest decrease in perfusion values in animals reconstructed by suturing (Δ= -38.01%). A significantly more profound drop was observed postoperatively after stapling or gluing (Δ= -52.42% and Δ= -59.53%, respectively). All performed anastomoses healed without any signs of tissue and function pathology. CONCLUSIONS Sewing, stapling, and gluing techniques for bowel anastomosis each have a different effect on regional microcirculation during 120 min. postoperatively. Nevertheless, the final results of anastomosis healing were found without of any pathology in all experimental animals managed by above mentioned anastomotic techniques.
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- Milan Kaska
- Academic Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Charles University and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Academic Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Charles University and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Faculty, Charles University and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Fingerland Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Charles University and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Academic Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Charles University and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Academic Department of Military Surgery, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Academic Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Charles University and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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- Academic Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Charles University and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.,Academic Department of Military Surgery, University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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An V, Chandra R, Lawrence M. Anastomotic Failure in Colorectal Surgery: Where Are We at? Indian J Surg 2018; 80:163-170. [DOI: 10.1007/s12262-018-1745-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Kuru S, Kismet K, Bag YM, Barlas AM, Senes M, Durak M, Yumusak N, Urhan MK, Cavusoglu T, Pekcici R. Does the application of Ankaferd Blood Stopper rectally have positive effects on the healing of colorectal anastomosis and prevention of anastomotic leakage? An experimental study. Biomed Pharmacother 2017; 96:968-973. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.11.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Revised: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Oveson BC, Bergamaschi R. Twisting in the wind: intracorporeal ileocolic anastomosis. Tech Coloproctol 2016; 20:511-2. [PMID: 27270465 DOI: 10.1007/s10151-016-1492-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- B C Oveson
- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Health Science Center T18, Suite 046B, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8191, USA
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Health Science Center T18, Suite 046B, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8191, USA.
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The aim of this article is to present strategies for preventing and managing the failure of the surgical restoration of intestinal continuity. Despite improvements in surgical technique and perioperative care, anastomotic leaks still occur, and with them occur increased morbidity, mortality, length of stay, and costs. Due to the devastating consequences for patients with failed anastomoses, there have been a myriad of materials and techniques used by surgeons to create better intestinal anastomoses. We will also discuss the management strategies for anastomotic leak when they do inevitably occur.
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- Michael S Thomas
- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Betzold R, Laryea JA. Staple line/anastomotic reinforcement and other adjuncts: do they make a difference? Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2014; 27:156-61. [PMID: 25435824 DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1394089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Since the development of the stapled intestinal anastomosis, efforts have been aimed at reducing complications and standardizing methods. The main complications associated with stapled anastomoses include bleeding, device failure, and anastomotic failure (leaks and strictures). These complications are associated with increased cost of care, increase in cancer recurrence, decreased overall survival, poor quality of life, and in some cases the need for further procedures including a diverting ostomy. Reducing these complications therefore has important implications. To this end, techniques to reduce the incidence of anastomotic complications have been the focus of many investigators. In this review, we summarize the current staple line reinforcement technology as well as other adjunctive measures, and specifically discuss the role of biologic materials in this realm.
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- Richard Betzold
- Department of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Wiegering A, Isbert C, Dietz UA, Kunzmann V, Ackermann S, Kerscher A, Maeder U, Flentje M, Schlegel N, Reibetanz J, Germer CT, Klein I. Multimodal therapy in treatment of rectal cancer is associated with improved survival and reduced local recurrence - a retrospective analysis over two decades. BMC Cancer 2014; 14:816. [PMID: 25376382 PMCID: PMC4236459 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background The management of rectal cancer (RC) has substantially changed over the last decades with the implementation of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, adjuvant therapy and improved surgery such as total mesorectal excision (TME). It remains unclear in which way these approaches overall influenced the rate of local recurrence and overall survival. Methods Clinical, histological and survival data of 658 out of 662 consecutive patients with RC were analyzed for treatment and prognostic factors from a prospectively expanded single-institutional database. Findings were then stratified according to time of diagnosis in patient groups treated between 1993 and 2001 and 2002 and 2010. Results The study population included 658 consecutive patients with rectal cancer between 1993 and 2010. Follow up data was available for 99.6% of all 662 treated patients. During the time period between 2002 and 2010 significantly more patients underwent neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (17.6% vs. 60%) and adjuvant chemotherapy (37.9% vs. 58.4%). Also, the rate of reported TME during surgery increased. The rate of local or distant metastasis decreased over time, and tumor related 5-year survival increased significantly with from 60% to 79%. Conclusion In our study population, the implementation of treatment changes over the last decade improved the patient’s outcome significantly. Improvements were most evident for UICC stage III rectal cancer.
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- Armin Wiegering
- Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, University of Wuerzburg, Oberduerrbacherstr, 2, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Kopelman D, Hatoum OA, Kimmel B, Monassevitch L, Nir Y, Lelcuk S, Rabau M, Szold A. Compression gastrointestinal anastomosis. Expert Rev Med Devices 2014; 4:821-8. [DOI: 10.1586/17434440.4.6.821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Zajaczkowski T, Döhler R, Zamann AM. [Ludwig von Riediger (Ludwik Rydygier). A great surgeon forgotten in Germany]. Chirurg 2013; 84:602-6. [PMID: 24006518 DOI: 10.1007/s00104-013-2496-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Riediger was born in West Prussia and studied medicine in Greifswald under Carl Hueter. Having accomplished his surgical training in Gdańsk, Greifswald and Jena in 1879 he built an outstanding private hospital in Chełmno where he wrote important publications in the Polish language. In 1887 he polonized his name to Rydygier to obtain Bavarian citizenship and succeeded Johann von Mikulicz as the chair of surgery at the Jagiellonian University. In 1897 he was given the chair in surgery at the University of Lviv and in 1901/02 he became rector. In World War I he served in the Austrian and Polish Armies. In the Polish-Soviet War (1920) he played an active role against the invading Bolshevic (Soviet) army as head of the medical service for the Polish army in Pomerania. After 23 years in Lviv he became professor emeritus. Before returning to West Prussia he lost his fortune due to the stock market crash in 1920 and died at 70 years old. Riediger founded the Polish Society of Surgeons and was cofounder of the German Association of Urology. His descendents formed a dynasty of surgeons in Brazil.
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Song TJ, Seo DW, Kim SH, Park DH, Lee SS, Lee SK, Kim MH. Endoscopic gastrojejunostomy with a natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery technique. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19:3447-3452. [PMID: 23801837 PMCID: PMC3683683 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i22.3447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To determine the technical feasibility and safety of an endoscopic gastrojejunostomy with a pure natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) technique using a T-anchoring device in a porcine survival model.
METHODS: An endoscopic gastrojejunostomy with a pure NOTES technique using a T-anchoring device was performed on 10 healthy female minipigs weighing approximately 40 kg each under general anesthesia. All procedures were performed with a transgastric approach using a 2-channel therapeutic endoscope.
RESULTS: The transgastric gastrojejunostomy was technically successful in all cases. A total of four to six stitched pairs of a T-anchoring device were used to secure the anastomosis. The median time required to enter the peritoneal cavity and pull the small bowel into the stomach was 34 min (range: 19-41 min); the median time required to suture the anastomosis was 67 min (range: 44-78 min). An obstruction of the efferent limb occurred in one case, and a rupture of the anastomosis site occurred in another case. As a result, the functional success rate was 80% (8/10). Small bowel adhesion to the stomach and liver occurred in one case, but the anastomosis was intact without leakage or obstruction.
CONCLUSION: A transgastric gastrojejunostomy with a T-anchoring device may be safe and technically feasible. A T-anchoring device may provide a simple and effective endoscopic suturing method.
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The history and development for forming anastomoses using natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) techniques is described. Sutured gastrojejunostomy, enteroenteral anastomosis, and ileocolonic anastomoses using rigid and circular staplers passed through the rectum and vaginal wall using a transgastric supervising endoscope using a natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery hybrid approach. The staplers for this type of approach have to change. They need to be longer, more flexible, and able to change shape (eg, becoming smaller for introduction and then expanding in the peritoneal cavity). Different methods of introduction over guidewires or in combination with flexible gastroscopes are also needed. There is still a requirement for more ingenuity, persistence, and research if the goal of safer effective formation of anastomoses by less invasive means is to be realized.
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- Paul Swain
- Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK.
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Dietz UA, Kehl F, Hamelmann W, Weisser C. On the 100th anniversary of sterile catgut kuhn: Franz Kuhn (1866-1929) and the epistemology of catgut sterilization. World J Surg 2008; 31:2275-83. [PMID: 17917776 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9216-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The long road to effective catgut sterilization began with the work of Lord Joseph Lister (1867) and did not end until 40 years later. At the end of the nineteenth century dozens of different techniques were used to "sterilize" catgut, by immersing the cord in a cold chemical solution, by exposing it to steam, or by a combination of the two techniques, yet none of these approaches offered the ultimate solution. One of the many physicians working on the catgut problem at that time was the German surgeon Franz Kuhn (1866-1929), best known as a pioneer of intubation anesthesia. This review offers a brief biographical sketch of Kuhn's life and career on the occasion of the centenary of Sterile Catgut Kuhn. The goal of the present study is to describe several landmarks in the development of the catgut sterilization method. To explain this process, two approaches are taken: first, an analysis to see whether the character traits of the typical surgeon at that time provided the soil in which innovation could thrive, and second, an epistemological examination of the conceptual models for the attainment of knowledge current at that time. Perspectives for the future are explored in light of the "imperative of responsibility" of Hans Jonas.
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- Ulrich A Dietz
- University of Wuerzburg, Surgical Clinic I (General and Gastrointestinal Surgery), Oberduerrbacher Strasse 6, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Dietz UA, Kuhfuss I, Debus ES, Thiede A. Mario Donati and the vertical mattress suture of the skin. World J Surg 2006; 30:141-8. [PMID: 16425084 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0201-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mario Donati (1879-1946) was one of the foremost European surgeons of the early 20th century. During an impressive carrier as surgeon, teacher, and innovator he authored more than 200 scientific works. Already as a young teacher he won the admiration of his colleagues: "His lectures were models of clarity and conviction, his originality and brilliance as a surgeon have well earned [him] a place among the most famous of the clinical masters of surgery of all eras" (Mario Donati. J. Int. Coll. Surg. 1946;9:739). The present review offers a brief biographical sketch of Donati's life and career, presents an eyewitness account of the origin of the Donati stitch, and discusses a possible precursor of this suture technique in the Middle Ages. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, the authors would like to pay a special homage to Mario Donati, who due to his Jewish ancestry was removed from his office as Professor of Surgery at the University of Milan in 1938 and died shortly after his return from exile in Switzerland.
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- Ulrich A Dietz
- Surgical Clinic I (General and Gastrointestinal Surgery), University of Wuerzburg, Oberduerrbacher Str. 6, Wuerzburg, 97080, Germany.
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Arora AS, Chung KC. Otto W. Madelung and the recognition of Madelung's deformity. J Hand Surg Am 2006; 31:177-82. [PMID: 16473675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2005] [Revised: 09/12/2005] [Accepted: 09/12/2005] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Madelung's deformity is an uncommon congenital condition of the wrist usually seen in adolescent girls. It first was documented in the 1800s and is characterized by a shortened radius that curves ulnarly and volarly, a prominent ulna head that projects dorsally from the wrist, and a triangular arrangement of the carpal bones. It is mostly an aesthetic deformity although functional problems and pain may prompt surgeons to undertake a variety of corrective surgical procedures with varying degrees of success. This challenging condition is encountered rarely in a hand surgeon's practice. Even more obscure than the condition is the physician it is named after: Otto Wilhelm Madelung, a distinguished and successful German surgeon who lived at the turn of the century. This article provides a historical perspective on the person and the condition that is still an enigma a century later.
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- Anjali S Arora
- University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Bergström M, Ikeda K, Swain P, Park PO. Transgastric anastomosis by using flexible endoscopy in a porcine model (with video). Gastrointest Endosc 2006; 63:307-12. [PMID: 16427940 DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2005] [Accepted: 09/14/2005] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Transgastric flexible endoscopic anastomosis might offer advantages over open and laparoscopic surgery, especially for bariatrics or patients with obstructive malignancy. OBJECTIVE To develop methods for performing transgastric anastomosis. DESIGN/RESULTS Twelve gastrojejunal anastomoses were formed in pigs weighing 27 kg to 38 kg (6 each in survival and nonsurvival groups) by using a per-oral double-channel gastroscope. The stomach was penetrated with a needle-knife guidewire combination and bow-sphincterotome incision. The small intestine (SI) was grasped with a snare-over-forceps method and pulled into the stomach for suturing. Sutures were placed in pairs through the deep muscle of the stomach and small intestine to join the tissues securely. The SI was incised with a needle-knife to open the anastomosis. Anastomoses were placed close to the cardioesophageal junction for bariatric purposes or in the antrum for pancreatic bypass. Survival studies in 6 pigs showed anastomosis patency at 7 to 10 days. CONCLUSION Gastrojejunal anastomosis was accomplished via the transgastric route by using a new double-channel endoscopic method.
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- Maria Bergström
- Department of Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Ostra, Gothenburg, Sweden
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