Fast Track Anastomosis

INTRODUCTION: The aim of the work is to evaluate acceptable mortality and morbidity associated with the esophageal resections for carcinoma. METHOD: The work analyses the data of patients with esophageal cancer from the Czech National Cancer Registry and it compares personal experience with complications and risks associated with the esophagectomy for carcinoma with the data from specialized literature published in recent years. RESULTS: Despite improvements in the surgical technique and the perioperative intensive care, the esophagectomy maintains a relatively high morbidity and mortality...

BACKGROUND: Multimodality fast-track protocols have been shown to enhance recovery after bowel resection. However, it remains unclear which of the components impact outcomes and whether processes actually occur as intended. METHODS: Consecutive patients who underwent elective bowel resection at a university teaching hospital under a standardized fast-track recovery protocol were compared with patients who underwent similar procedures before protocol initiation. Compliance was measured with the 7 major elements of the protocol: administration of nonopioid analgesia, perioperative lidocaine, nasogastric tube removal, early feeding, early ambulation, and fluid restriction...

Purpose. Short hospital stay and equal or reduced complication rates have been demonstrated after fast track open colonic surgery. However, fast track principles of perioperative care can be difficult to implement and often require increased nursing staff because of more concentrated nursing tasks during the shorter hospital stay. Specific data on nursing requirements after laparoscopic surgery are lacking. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of operative technique (open versus laparoscopic operation), but without changing nurse staffing or principles for peri- or postoperative care, that is, without implementing fast track principles, on length of stay after colorectal resection for cancer...

Laparoscopic gastrectomy has not become a common procedure for gastric cancer due to the difficulties of performing D2 lymphadenectomy and reconstruction of digestive tract by the conventional laparoscopic instruments. The da Vinci system provides 3D visualization, enhanced magnification, and seven degrees of freedom of the instruments to suture and knot in the narrow surgical space, so it can perform totally robotic gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy and robot-sewing anastomosis for reconstruction. Application of robotic system can expand the indications of minimally invasive surgery in treatment of gastric cancer...

OBJECTIVES: With the purpose to reduce the complications of radical cystectomy and intestinal urinary reconstruction a perioperative protocol based on fast-track surgery principles and technical modifications of the original surgical technique was applied to patient candidates for etherotopic bladder substitution. Our protocol included pre-, intra-, and postoperative interventions. The technical variations of the modified Indiana pouch technique were focused on intestinal anastomosis to restore bowel continuity, uretero-colonic anastomoses, and capacity of the reservoir...

BACKGROUND: With the implementation of multimodal analgesia regimens in fast-track surgery programmes, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are being prescribed routinely. However, doubts have been raised concerning the safety of NSAIDs in terms of anastomotic healing. METHODS: Data on patients who had undergone primary colorectal anastomosis at two teaching hospitals between January 2008 and December 2010 were analysed retrospectively. Exact use of NSAIDs was recorded...

A perioperative care in the colorectal surgery has been considerably changed recently. The fast track surgery decreases complications rate, shortens length of stay, improves quality of life and leads to cost reduction. It is achieved by: resignation of a mechanical bowel preparation before and a nasogastric tube insertion after operation, optimal pain and intravenous fluid management, an early rehabilitation, enteral nutrition and removal of a vesical catheter and abdominal drain if used.The aim of the study was to compare the results of an implementation the fast track surgery protocol with results achieving in the conventional care regimen...

INTRODUCTION: An accelerated multi-modal rehabilitation programme may improve the recuperation and reduce the complication rate in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. The aim of this study was to see whether fast-track recovery is feasible in various patient groups. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data on all patients operated for intestinal pathology from July 2006-April 2008 were prospectively collected for this prospective study. All included patients entered a multi-modal rehabilitation programme...

This study evaluates the application of fast track (FT) nasogastric decompression in patients who underwent anterior resection of rectal cancer. A randomized control trial was performed comparing the group with the fast track treatment (n = 57) and the group with traditional nasogastric decompression (n = 84). Preoperative characteristics and postoperative recovery indices were recorded and analyzed. The results indicate no significant differences in gender (P = 0.614), age (P = 0.653), tumor location (P = 0...

BACKGROUND: Whether laparoscopic colorectal resection improved recovery within an enhanced recovery program was investigated. METHODS: This study was designed as a query of a prospectively maintained colorectal database to identify 350 patients who underwent elective colorectal resection with primary anastomosis for colorectal cancer between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2009. Patients were categorized into two groups (laparoscopic and open resection), and demographic, treatment, and outcome variables were independently reviewed for accuracy...

INTRODUCTION: Diffuse peritoneal dissemination in advanced ovarian cancer can be treated using optimal effort surgery involving peritonectomy procedures and the administration of hyperthermic intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). OBJECTIVE: To report on our experience in the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer using peritonectomy procedures and HIPEC through the fast track program. PATIENTS AND METHOD: From September 2008 until May 2010, forty-six patients with primary advanced (stage III-C) or recurrent ovarian cancer have been included in the fast track protocol if they had optimal cytoreduction CC-0 or CC-1 accompanied by HIPEC and there had no more than one digestive anastomosis...

AIM: To value the results of "open" surgery with sphincter preservation, TME nerve-sparing, fast-track, without a protective stoma in a consecutive series of patients with subperitoneal rectal cancer (s.p.r.c.). MATERIALS AND METHODS: In January 1989, we started a prospective, non-randomized study designed to assess when a primary derivative stoma was warranted in a series of consecutive patients electively treated with open low and ultralow AR. The inclusion criteria were: all patients with middle and low rectal cancer who underwent elective low and ultralow AR, including those treated with neoadjuvant therapy...

BACKGROUND: Fast-track surgery accelerates recovery, reduces morbidity, and shortens hospital stay. However, the benefits of laparoscopic versus open surgery remain unproven within a fast-track program. Case reports of laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) colectomies are appearing with claims of cosmetic advantage and decreased parietal trauma. This report describes the largest case series of LESS colorectal surgery and its effects on recovery. METHODS: In this series, 20 consecutive unselected patients underwent LESS colorectal surgery including right hemicolectomy (n = 3), extended right hemicolectomy, high anterior resection (n = 2), low anterior resection involving total mesorectal excision (TME; n = 3), ileocolic anastomosis (n = 2, including 1 redo surgery), colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis (n = 4, including 1 with ventral mesh rectopexy), panproctocolectomy (n = 2), proctocolectomy and ileoanal pouch (n = 2) and an abdominoperineal excision of rectum...

BACKGROUND: We report our clinical experience with the use of a sutureless telescoping anastomosis, initially described as the VORTEC (Viabahn Open Rebranching TEChnique) revascularization technique, for debranching of supra-aortic vessels. METHODS: Between May 2005 and December 2008, 20 patients (15 men) with an aortic arch lesion underwent trans-sternal debranching with sutureless telescoping anastomosis performed with a Viabahn (diameter, 5-8 mm; length, 5-15 cm) or Hemobahn (diameter, 9-13 mm; length, 10-15 cm), followed by endovascular aneurysm repair...

This paper describes a fast image mapping system that integrates endoscopic image mosaics with three-dimensional (3-D) ultrasound images for assisting intrauterine laser photocoagulation treatment. Endoscopic laser photocoagulation treatment has a good survival rate and a low complication rate for twins. However, the small field of view and lack of surrounding information makes the identification of vessel anastomosis difficult. We have developed an extended visualization system with the fusion of endoscopic image mosaics with a 3-D ultrasound-image model...

BACKGROUND: Anastomotic leakage occurs after 3-6 per cent of colonic resections. The influence of analgesic agents is largely unknown. This study determined the rate of anastomotic leakage in a series of patients who had colonic surgery over a 9-year period with or without use of a cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor for postoperative analgesia. METHODS: Patients with anastomotic leakage following a standard fast-track procotol between April 1997 and May 2006 were identified from a prospective, consecutive database...

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study is to present the "fast-track" experience in children who underwent colon resection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-six children who underwent laparoscopic colon resection were prospectively included in the study. Anomalies of colon innervation and inflammatory bowel disease represented the main surgical indications. RESULTS: Left colon/sigmoid resection was performed in 37, total colon resection was done in 5, and right colon resection in 4 children...

BACKGROUND: Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity implies challenges in anaesthesiological handling. We report our experience from 500 consecutive patients during 3 years. METHODS: The patients were due for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and enteral bypass. Sleep was induced after pre-oxygenation with target control infusions (TCI) of remifentanil and propofol; vecuronium was supplied for facilitating endotracheal intubation. The propofol infusion was stopped and desflurane 3-6% was given for BIS-titrated anaesthetic maintenance together with remifentanil TCI...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the results of open surgery with sphincter preservation and nerve-sparing total mesorectal excision and a fast-track protocol, without a protective stoma in a consecutive series of patients with extraperitoneal rectal cancer. From 1998 to 2007, 89 patients with extraperitoneal rectal cancer were treated according to a prospective protocol. Eight-six patients were submitted to anterior resection with a low or ultra-low anastomosis and nerve-sparing total mesorectal excision...

This study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of robotic videoendoscopic thoracic aorta to femoral artery bypass. In six pigs, three ports were inserted in the fourth, eighth and tenth left intercostal spaces. Lung retraction was obtained by insufflating CO2. The ZEUS robotic surgical system and the AESOP system were used to perform aortic dissection and to position the camera via voice control. A length of 5 cm of descending thoracic aorta was exposed. A 4mm polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft was used as conduit...