title: Salvage repair of anastomotic dehiscence following colon surgery using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft.
abstract: Anastomotic dehiscence is a serious complication of colorectal surgery that causes death in up to 40% of cases in which it occurs. Edema and inflammation due to abdominal sepsis can prevent the use of standard management (i.e., colostomy, ileostomy or Hartmann's procedure), in which case alternative salvage repair methods are required. The present report describes the treatment of a 73-year-old female patient at high risk of mortality because of intraabdominal sepsis due to suture dehiscence following a right hemicolectomy and ileo-transversostomy. Several surgical repair procedures were tried, but all failed. We then used an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft in salvage repair, and this approach proved successful. This is the first report to describe clinical, macroscopic and histopathological findings, following use of an ePTFE graft in colorectal repair in humans.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of General Surgery, Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. mauzun@ttmail.com
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Uzun
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kayahan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gumrukcu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D057868:Anastomotic Leak / Q000601:surgery*; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012086:Reoperation; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene