Experience of using a spray-type anti-adhesion barrier in laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer. Issue 3 (29th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kojima, Yutaka; Sakamoto, Kazuhiro; Okuzawa, Atsushi
• Is Part Of: Journal of surgical case reports. Volume 2019:Issue 3(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-03-29
• Subjects: Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 617.005
• DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjz085
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2042-8812

Abstract

Abstract: Laparoscopic surgery has spread worldwide and become a standard procedure among many abdominal surgical fields. The incidence of postoperative adhesion, which is a typical postoperative complication, is considered low compared with that after laparotomy. However, once complications develop, such as adhesion-induced intestinal obstruction and chronic abdominal pain, the low-invasiveness of laparoscopic surgery can decrease markedly. While we have previously used a sheet-type anti-adhesion barrier, it requires a specific technique in many cases when it is applied in the abdominal cavity. In this study, we used a spray-type anti-adhesion barrier, which is considered simple to apply, as an adhesion-preventing absorbable barrier following laparoscopic surgery.