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Case Reports
. 1980 Feb;67(2):80-1.
doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800670203.

Intraoperative irrigation of the colon to permit primary anastomosis

H A Dudley, A G Racliffe, D McGeehan
Case Reports

Intraoperative irrigation of the colon to permit primary anastomosis

H A Dudley et al. Br J Surg. 1980 Feb.

Abstract

A technique is described which permits intraoperative application of antegrade bowel irrigation to clear the obstructed or loaded colon of faeces with minimal risk of contamination. The procedure extends the indications for safe primary anastomosis in surgery of the left colon.

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