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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
The Valtrac ring is a biofragmentable ring used for gastrointestinal anastomoses. Over a two-year period, 15 anastomoses in 16 patients (mean age: 60 years) were performed with the Valtrac ring: 10 ileal, 4 ileocolonic, and 1 jejunojejunal anastomoses. One anastomosis could not be performed because of an excessively narrow ileal lumen. The mean stay in the intensive care unit was 3 days: gastric aspiration was maintained for an average of 1 week, as return of gastrointestinal motility was long, with first flatus on the 6th day and the first stools on the 7th day. Complications consisted of 2 cases of gastrointestinal fistula (11th and 13th days) one of which was fatal, evisceration on the 7th day, a transient partial bowel obstruction and one bowel obstruction treated medically on the 27th day, due to pancreatitis. Our results are not identical to those reported in the literature. It is often difficult to insert the current form of the Valtrac ring into a healthy ileum, as the smallest ring is often too large. In contrast with gastrointestinal surgery, the anastomoses performed in urology involve a non-thickened, non-distended small intestine.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1166-7087
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Anastomosis, Surgical, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Biodegradation, Environmental, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Cause of Death, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Colon, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Equipment Design, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Flatulence, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Gastrointestinal Motility, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Ileum, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Intensive Care, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Intestinal Fistula, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Intestinal Obstruction, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Intestines, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Jejunum, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Length of Stay, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Pancreatitis, pubmed-meshheading:9615930-Urinary Diversion
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Use of the Valtrac ring for digestive anastomoses in urology: apropos of 16 cases].
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'Urologie, CHU Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract