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The effect of hypovolaemia on healing of the right and the left colon. An experimental study
C Sofianos1, D Demetriades, M M Oosthuizen
1Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Abstract:
An experimental study was carried out to investigate the effect of a period of hypovolaemia prior to surgery on healing of the right and left colon of the baboon. Colonic healing was assessed in three ways: in terms of (i) anastomotic leakage, (ii) hydroxyproline concentrations and (iii) breaking strength. The results suggest that hypovolaemia before surgery affects the right and left colon similarly.