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- Title
Histopathological study of using omentum flap on healing of cervical esophegotomy incision in rabbits.
- Authors
Helal, Montaser Mohamad; Atiyah, Ali Ghazi; Shekho, Hiba Abdulaziz
- Abstract
Delay healing time, leakage, and stricture are the most postsurgical complication following cervical esophagotomy. Omentum flap is a surgical technique in which part of the omentum is used to wrapping a defect area. The aim of the present study is to estimate the effect of omentum flap on healing process of the cervical esophagotomy, and reduce the incidence of postsurgical leakage or strictures. In this work, thirty male rabbits were divided into two equal groups, control and treated (15 animals in each) who underwent cervical esophagotomy. Only the treated group undergoes covering with omentum flap. All animals were premedicated with Acepromazine maleate intramuscularly, and after 10 minutes, a mixture of Xylazine Hydrochloride and Ketamine HCL injection intramuscularly respectively to induced general anesthesia. An incision of 3cm was made in the cervical esophagus and suturing with one layer of the simple continuous pattern using (4.0) polyglycolic acid suture material in the control group. The same technique was achieved in the treated group except the wrapping of the esoghagotomy incision with a patch of omentum tissue after laparotomy. There were no obvious clinical signs appeared among both groups. The histopathological results noted an improved on healing of esophagotomy incision site in treated animals as compared with the control group. The cervical esophagotomy with omentum flap is more effective in the healing of surgical sites, prevention leakage, or stricture than those without omentum. Subsequently, omentum flap can be used as an adjunct technique to accelerate the healing process and decrease the incidence of microscopic leakage and stricture in cervical esophagotomy.
- Subjects
SURGICAL site; WOUND healing; OMENTUM; SURGICAL flaps; ABDOMINAL surgery
- Publication
EurAsian Journal of Biosciences, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 2, p7555
- ISSN
1307-9867
- Publication type
Article