title: Intraoperative irrigation of the colon to permit primary anastomosis.
abstract: A technique is described which permits intraoperative application of antegrade bowel irrigation to clear the obstructed or loaded colon of faeces with minimal risk of contamination. The procedure extends the indications for safe primary anastomosis in surgery of the left colon.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*