LAPAROSCOPIC RECONSTRUCTION OF INTESTINAL CONTINUITY FOLLOWING HARTMANNS PROCEDURE

Authors
GOMIS FD LOZANO AG DELPOZO CD CARDONA EG DELGADO JM
Citation
Fd. Gomis et al., LAPAROSCOPIC RECONSTRUCTION OF INTESTINAL CONTINUITY FOLLOWING HARTMANNS PROCEDURE, Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas, 90(7), 1998, pp. 501-502
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas → ACNP
ISSN journal
11300108
Volume
90
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
501 - 502
Database
ISI
SICI code
1130-0108(1998)90:7<501:LROICF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Laparoscopy-guided reversal of Hartmann's procedure was performed in e leven patients who had been treated surgically for inflammatory diseas e or cancer of the colon. Restoration of intestinal continuity was ach ieved in ten of them. There were no postoperative complications. The m ean surgical time was 144 minutes and the mean duration of postoperati ve ileus was 48 hours (range: 30 to 60 hours). The mean hospital stay was 7 days. Our results suggest that laparoscopic reversal of Hartmann 's procedure is safer than and as effective as open surgery.