Bowel Rest with Total Parenteral Nutrition as an Alternative to Diverting Ileostomy in High-Risk Colorectal Anastomosis: A Pilot Study
Anastomotic leakage remains the most feared complication in colorectal surgery. Various intraoperative tests evaluate bowel perfusion and mechanical integrity of the colorectal anastomosis. These tests reduce the risk of postoperative anastomotic leakage; however, the incidence remains high. Diverti...
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| author | Marius Kryzauskas Matas Jakubauskas Neda Gendvilaite Vilius Rudaitis Tomas Poskus |
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| description | Anastomotic leakage remains the most feared complication in colorectal surgery. Various intraoperative tests evaluate bowel perfusion and mechanical integrity of the colorectal anastomosis. These tests reduce the risk of postoperative anastomotic leakage; however, the incidence remains high. Diverting loop ileostomy mitigates the damage if anastomotic leakage occurs. Nevertheless, ileostomy has a significant rate of complications, reducing patients’ quality of life, and requiring an additional operation. We evaluated six consecutive cases where bowel rest with total parenteral nutrition was used instead of diverting loop ileostomy. All colorectal anastomoses were at high risk of postoperative anastomotic leakage. Total parenteral nutrition was administered for the first seven days postoperatively. There were no serious complications during the recovery period, and no clinical postoperative anastomotic leakage was detected. All patients tolerated total parenteral nutrition. Bowel rest with total parenteral nutrition may be a feasible option in high-risk left-sided colorectal anastomosis and a possible alternative to a preventive loop ileostomy. Further studies are necessary to evaluate it on a larger scale. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f2e671ee265442208fe46770b9e10aa02023-12-03T13:41:13ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442022-04-0158451010.3390/medicina58040510Bowel Rest with Total Parenteral Nutrition as an Alternative to Diverting Ileostomy in High-Risk Colorectal Anastomosis: A Pilot StudyMarius Kryzauskas0Matas Jakubauskas1Neda Gendvilaite2Vilius Rudaitis3Tomas Poskus4Clinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology, and Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03101 Vilnius, LithuaniaClinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology, and Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03101 Vilnius, LithuaniaFaculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03101 Vilnius, LithuaniaClinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-08661 Vilnius, LithuaniaClinic of Gastroenterology, Nephrourology, and Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT-03101 Vilnius, LithuaniaAnastomotic leakage remains the most feared complication in colorectal surgery. Various intraoperative tests evaluate bowel perfusion and mechanical integrity of the colorectal anastomosis. These tests reduce the risk of postoperative anastomotic leakage; however, the incidence remains high. Diverting loop ileostomy mitigates the damage if anastomotic leakage occurs. Nevertheless, ileostomy has a significant rate of complications, reducing patients’ quality of life, and requiring an additional operation. We evaluated six consecutive cases where bowel rest with total parenteral nutrition was used instead of diverting loop ileostomy. All colorectal anastomoses were at high risk of postoperative anastomotic leakage. Total parenteral nutrition was administered for the first seven days postoperatively. There were no serious complications during the recovery period, and no clinical postoperative anastomotic leakage was detected. All patients tolerated total parenteral nutrition. Bowel rest with total parenteral nutrition may be a feasible option in high-risk left-sided colorectal anastomosis and a possible alternative to a preventive loop ileostomy. Further studies are necessary to evaluate it on a larger scale.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/4/510anastomotic leakagetotal parenteral nutritionbowel restcolorectal surgery |
| spellingShingle | Marius Kryzauskas Matas Jakubauskas Neda Gendvilaite Vilius Rudaitis Tomas Poskus Bowel Rest with Total Parenteral Nutrition as an Alternative to Diverting Ileostomy in High-Risk Colorectal Anastomosis: A Pilot Study Medicina anastomotic leakage total parenteral nutrition bowel rest colorectal surgery |
| title | Bowel Rest with Total Parenteral Nutrition as an Alternative to Diverting Ileostomy in High-Risk Colorectal Anastomosis: A Pilot Study |
| title_full | Bowel Rest with Total Parenteral Nutrition as an Alternative to Diverting Ileostomy in High-Risk Colorectal Anastomosis: A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Bowel Rest with Total Parenteral Nutrition as an Alternative to Diverting Ileostomy in High-Risk Colorectal Anastomosis: A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bowel Rest with Total Parenteral Nutrition as an Alternative to Diverting Ileostomy in High-Risk Colorectal Anastomosis: A Pilot Study |
| title_short | Bowel Rest with Total Parenteral Nutrition as an Alternative to Diverting Ileostomy in High-Risk Colorectal Anastomosis: A Pilot Study |
| title_sort | bowel rest with total parenteral nutrition as an alternative to diverting ileostomy in high risk colorectal anastomosis a pilot study |
| topic | anastomotic leakage total parenteral nutrition bowel rest colorectal surgery |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/4/510 |
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