Enhancing anastomosis safety with intraoperative perfusion assessment: a visual grading system for tailoring resection and ostomy formation in sigmoid colon and rectal cancer surgery
Soo Young Oh, Seok-Byung Lim, Eu-Tteum Choi, Min Hyun Kim, Young Il Kim, Jong Lyul Lee, Yong Sik Yoon, Chan Wook Kim, In Ja Park, Chang Sik Yu · 2026
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Soo Young Oh and colleagues refine a visual blood-flow grading system for colon joining surgery in a 2026 study. Leaks at the join remain a feared problem in left-sided colorectal surgery, and their earlier five-grade scale judged flow by vessel and surface bleeding. Borderline grade C bowel carried extra risk, above all in older or sicker patients.
Among 80 patients, 67 had good grades at first check and 13 had grade C. Cutting away an average 4.5 cm more bowel lifted nine of the grade C cases to grade B, allowing a direct join, and twelve patients received a stoma for lingering poor flow or high risk. No leaks occurred among the 76 patients ending at good grades.
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| CREATOR | Soo Young Oh, Seok-Byung Lim, Eu-Tteum Choi, Min Hyun Kim, Young Il Kim, Jong Lyul Lee, Yong Sik Yoon, Chan Wook Kim, In Ja Park, Chang Sik Yu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40693 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |