ANTERIOR RESECTION - RIGHT COLON MOBILIZATION FOR COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS

A variety of problems may compromise the safety of cole-rectal anastom osis when there is insufficient length of left colon available to prov ide well-vascularized bowel without tension. This may occur when there has been previous surgery or when the marginal artery is inadequate o r when, following mobilization of the splenic flexure, there is insuff icient length of bowel. This article is a description of a technique u sed to overcome such difficulties.