A simple method of intraoperative confirmation of intestinal patency.
Routine intraoperative rectal temperature monitoring may serve in addition as a means of distal intestinal patency confirmation. A simple method, which is of immense importance especially when operating on infants and small children after NEC or intestinal atresia, is described.
Steinberg
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Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Anesthesia Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva.
Freud
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Simhi
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Blumenfeld
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Zer
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D001831:Body Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D012007:Rectum; D013821:Thermometers