[Emergency resections of the left colon with immediate reconstruction protected by resorbable staples. A new...

Anastomosis recovery still represents a problem in colon surgery, particularly when the resection is performed in emergency or on a suffering and not adequately prepared bowel. The authors describe a new technique successfully tested in the animal. The operation consists in a bowel resection followed by immediate reconstruction with a protective colostomy and an exclusion anastomosis obtained by a proximal suture in resorbable clips. Results in animals have been satisfactory, with a spontaneous and gradual resumption of physiological canalization, according to authors expectations. Technical details and several histological features are herein described.