Examining Utility of Routine Splenic Flexure Mobilization during Colectomy and Impact on Anastomotic Complications

Despite a lack of supporting data, routine splenic flexure mobilization (SFM) during colectomy has been thought to reduce anastomotic leak (AL). We evaluated the impact of SFM on outcomes in distal colectomy. The 2005–2016 NSQIP database identified 66,068 patients undergoing distal colectomy with an...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of surgery 2020-06, Vol.219 (6), p.998-1005
Hauptverfasser: Dilday, Joshua C., Gilligan, Timothy C., Merritt, Clay M., Nelson, Daniel W., Walker, Avery S.
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