New normal.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- van Loon, Yu‐Ting; Clermonts, Stefan; Zimmerman, David
- Source
- Colorectal Disease. Aug2021, Vol. 23 Issue 8, p2195-2196. 2p.
- Subject
- *COLOSTOMY
*MINIMALLY invasive procedures
*GASTROINTESTINAL surgery
*SURGICAL site infections
*ELECTIVE surgery
*OPERATIVE surgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 1462-8910
In conclusion, we agree that HR is not without complications or morbidity, but we would also like to emphasize the possibility and applicability of minimally invasive approaches as not only feasible and attractive alternatives but also as beneficial for HR besides the conventional open approach. We would like to applaud the authors for their extensive analysis of the results of 150 consecutive Hartmann's reversal (HR) procedures in two academic tertiary referral centres between 2010 and 2019. They conclude that HR comes with substantial risk of morbidity and that the laparoscopic approach may decrease morbidity in selected patients but have high conversion rates. [Extracted from the article]