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Use of omental pedicle graft to protect low anterior colonic anastomosis

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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We feel that a pedicle graft of omentum makes an excellent protective wrapping about low anterior resections. We do not propose the technique to cover sloppily constructed anastomoses. Good nutrition, proper timing, adequate bowel preparation, and good surgical technique are the keys to successful low anterior resection, while omental pedicle grafting adds a further dimension in helping to assure a complication-free postoperative course.

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  1. Departments of Surgery, Peninsula Hospital Center, 51-15 Beach Channel Drive Far Rockaway, 11691, Far Rockaway, New York

    Bernard Lanter M.D. & Robert A. Mason M.D.

  2. Departments of Surgery, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York

    Bernard Lanter M.D.

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  1. Bernard Lanter M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Atlanta, Georgia, June 10 to 14, 1979.

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Lanter, B., Mason, R.A. Use of omental pedicle graft to protect low anterior colonic anastomosis. Dis Colon Rectum 22, 448–451 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586925

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