Open AccessExperience in the use of a device to attach an anti-adhesion–absorption barrier film to the abdominal cavity in laparoscopic colorectal surgery
Author(s) -
Yutaka Kojima,
Kazuhiro Sakamoto,
Yuichi Tomiki,
Kosuke Mizukoshi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_226_19
Subject(s) - medicine , adhesion , abdominal cavity , surgery , bowel obstruction , laparoscopic surgery , tissue adhesion , abdominal surgery , absorption (acoustics) , colorectal surgery , laparoscopy , general surgery , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , acoustics
The use of laparoscopic surgery is widespread worldwide and is becoming the standard procedure. Postoperative adhesion, which is one of the typical postoperative complications, is considered to be less likely to occur compared with open surgery. However, once complications, such as small bowel obstruction or chronic abdominal pain, occur due to adhesion, the minimal invasiveness can be greatly impaired, and it can also become costly from a medical economics perspective. In the past, anti-adhesion absorption barrier films have been used to prevent adhesion, but there are many cases in which laparoscopic techniques are required, depending on the site of intraperitoneal attachment. Herein, we report a device that can easily attach an absorbent barrier preparation.