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The Colo-Shower: a new irrigator for intraoperative rectal washout
1Institute of Clinical Surgery II, Padova University, Italy.
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
|April 1, 1993
Abstract:
Intraoperative rectal washout reduces rectal bacterial flora concentration and exfoliated tumor cells but compromises operating theater sterility. I present the Colo-Shower (Sapi-Med, Alessandria, Italy), a modified, disposable proctoscope for intraoperative rectal irrigation that, by collecting liquid flowing out of the anus during rectal washout, minimizes operating theater pollution. The Colo-Shower, which has now been used on 100 patients who underwent ileorectal or colorectal anastomosis, is effective and easy to use.