Why the study?
Anastomotic leakages are potentially deadly complications of colorectal surgeries with increased morbidity and mortality, prompting the development of various prevention and treatment techniques.
This review provides a background on colonic anastomotic leakage and summarizes current strategies for its prevention and treatment, aimed at a broad audience including scientists and biomedical engineers.
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Synthesizes anastomotic leakage strategies for clinicians; leaves open targeted engineering innovations to improve outcomes.
Fang et al. (2020) studied this question.
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