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  2. Surgical anastomosis - Wikipedia

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    A surgical anastomosis is a surgical technique used to make a new connection between two body structures that carry fluid, such as blood vessels or bowel. For example, an arterial anastomosis is used in vascular bypass and a colonic anastomosis is used to restore colonic continuity after the resection of colon cancer.

  3. Bowel resection - Wikipedia

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    An anastomotic leak is a fault in the surgical connection between the two remaining sections of bowel after a resection is performed. This allows the bowel contents to leak into the abdomen. Anastomotic leaks may cause infection, abscess development, and organ failure if untreated. Surgical steps are taken to prevent leaks when possible.

  4. Colectomy - Wikipedia

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    Contamination of the peritoneal cavity with fecal matter as a result of the anastomotic leak can lead to peritonitis, sepsis or death. In patients who underwent colectomy as a treatment for colorectal cancer, an anastomotic leak increases the risk of recurrence of cancer in the same area and reduces survival in the long term.

  5. Ileo-anal pouch - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the ileal pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA), also known as restorative proctocolectomy (RPC), ileal-anal reservoir (IAR), an ileo-anal pouch, ileal-anal pullthrough, or sometimes referred to as a J-pouch, S-pouch, W-pouch, or a pelvic pouch, is an anastomosis of a reservoir pouch made from ileum (small intestine) to the anus, bypassing the former site of the colon in cases where the ...

  6. Abdominoperineal resection - Wikipedia

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    There were attempts to restore bowel continuity by joining the proximal colon with the rectum, but the high incidence of leakage from the anastomotic site caused an increased risk of death to patients. It was only in 1948, Claude Dixon successfully connected the proximal bowel to the rectum, thus allowing patients to have a 64% 5-year survival ...

  7. Low anterior resection syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Low anterior resection syndrome is a complication of lower anterior resection, a type of surgery performed to remove the rectum, typically for rectal cancer.It is characterized by changes to bowel function that affect quality of life, and includes symptoms such as fecal incontinence, incomplete defecation or the sensation of incomplete defecation (rectal tenesmus), changes in stool frequency ...

  8. Pelvic exenteration - Wikipedia

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    After pelvic exenteration, many patients will have perineal hernia, often without symptoms, but only 3–10% will have perineal hernia requiring surgical repair. [4] Many problems can occur with the stoma. [1] Bowel obstruction may occur, or the anastomosis created by the surgery may leak. [1] The stoma may retract, or may prolapse. [1]

  9. Surgical staple - Wikipedia

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    The staple line may be straight, curved or circular. Circular staplers are used for end-to-end anastomosis [broken anchor] after bowel resection or, somewhat more controversially, in esophagogastric surgery. [10] The instruments may be used in either open or laparoscopic surgery, different instruments