Colonic Anastomosis Healing
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in European Surgical Research
- Vol. 10 (2) , 94-104
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000127996
Abstract
The effect of povidone-iodine (0.1% available I) irrigation on colonic anastomosis healing was investigated in 196 Sprague-Dawley rats. Each end of the divided colon was irrigated with 5 ml of povidone-iodine solution or with an equal volume of normal saline before anastomosis and again after the anastomosis was completed. Healing was assessed at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 14 days after operation: macroscopically, mechanically, histologically and angiographically. Povidone-iodine irrigation did not impair healing in any way.Keywords
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