title: Parietal sierosa for protecting colonic suture lines. Technical note.
abstract: Suture line leakage is a frequent, serious problem in colon surgery. We propose the use of a flap of the parietal peritoneum from the paracolic gutter, adjacent to the operative site, to protect right and left colon suture lines. The advantage of this method is that it permits complete exclusion of the sutured intestine from the peritoneal cavity and avoids the risks of leakage from an intestinal suture line within the peritoneal cavity.
authors.affiliation: Ist. Department of Surgery, University La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caporale
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fornasari
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caramanico
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demoro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Bari
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques