Background. Intraoperative testing of colonic anastomoses is routine in assuring anastamotic integrity. We sought to determine the efficacy of the methylene blue enema (MBE) as an intraoperative test ...

Park, UC et al. (2004) Single-stage procedure with intraoperative colonoscopy and colonic irrigation in patients with obstructing left-sided colonic cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis 19: 487–492 ...

We performed a retrospective review of consecutive colonic anastomoses that were performed by one surgical group that uses the MBE exclusively in a community hospital from January 2001 through ...

Obstructing left-sided colon cancer can be treated surgically using a one-stage procedure, involving resection of the tumor and primary anastomosis with on-table antegrade irrigation. Conventional ...