Laparoscopic-assisted repair of extensive rectosigmoid injury after colonoscopy.

J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A

Department of Surgery, The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11212, USA.

Published: April 1997

Treatment of colonic injury has progressed since the recognition of the value of colostomy or bowel exteriorization during the second World War. The treatment guidelines take into consideration the time interval between perforation and treatment as well as the nature, the site, and the cause of perforation. Laparoscopic primary repair of relatively small colonic perforations without spillage of bowel content has been reported. Extensive large bowel injury with appreciable colonic spillage usually requires a laparotomy and diversion. We report a case of a 57-year-old woman who presented with extensive rectosigmoid injury and colonic spillage after colonoscopy and was treated using laparoscopic assistance.

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