OR / Prep · General Surgery · open
You’re scrubbing into
Small bowel resection & anastomosis
Why are we operating?
Segmental removal of non-viable or diseased small bowel with restoration of continuity.
Indication: Ischemic, obstructed non-viable, perforated, or tumour-bearing small bowel.
The operation in 4 steps
01Assessing viability
02Resection
03Anastomosis
04Closure
Watch it done
Ileocolic bowel resection with primary anastomosis
A peer-reviewed protocol preview: mobilisation, division and a stapled anastomosis.
Source: JoVE, Journal of Visualized Experiments · Watch on YouTube
Conceptual teaching for learners preparing to observe and assist under supervision, not operative instructions. Five minutes from now you should know why this operation exists, what its shape is, and which structures it is designed not to injure.