Experience in the use of a device to attach an anti-adhesion-absorption barrier film to the abdominal cavity in laparoscopic colorectal surgery

• Published in: Journal of minimal access surgery Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 449 - 450
• Main Authors: Kojima, Yutaka, Sakamoto, Kazuhiro, Tomiki, Yuichi, Mizukoshi, Kosuke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.10.2020; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer - Medknow; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: anti-adhesion–absorption barrier; attaching device; colorectal surgery; Gastrointestinal diseases; Instruments and Equipments; laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopy; Surgery; colorectal surgery; attaching device; laparoscopic surgery; Anti-adhesion-absorption barrier; Anti-adhesion–absorption barrier
• ISSN: 0972-9941; 1998-3921
• DOI: 10.4103/jmas.jmas_226_19

The use of laparoscopic surgery is widespread worldwide and is becoming the standard procedure. Postoperative adhesion, which is one of the typical postoperative complications, is considered to be less likely to occur compared with open surgery. However, once complications, such as small bowel obstruction or chronic abdominal pain, occur due to adhesion, the minimal invasiveness can be greatly impaired, and it can also become costly from a medical economics perspective. In the past, anti-adhesion absorption barrier films have been used to prevent adhesion, but there are many cases in which laparoscopic techniques are required, depending on the site of intraperitoneal attachment. Herein, we report a device that can easily attach an absorbent barrier preparation.