[Causes of anastomotic dehiscence]

The healing of intestinal anastomoses has many physiological, biochemical and morphological aspects. In each stage it can be disturbed or blocked. Nearly each factor of normal healing can under changed circumstances, favour anastomotic dehiscence. Dehiscence can be caused by one severe disturbing factor; in most cases, however, there is more than one factor that forms rupture of the anastomosis. The intestine itself can become a disturbing factor as well as changed biological circumstances and last but not least insufficient tactics and techniques of building an anastomosis.