Coletta, Riccardo and Mussi, Elisa and Uccheddu, Francesca and Volpe, Yary and Morabito, Antonino (2021) Preoperative Planning of Spiral Intestinal Lengthening and Tailoring: A Geometrical Approach. Bioengineering, 8 (2). p. 20. ISSN 2306-5354
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Abstract
Short bowel syndrome is a pathological condition resulting from extensive resection of the intestine, generally performed due to congenital abnormalities, Crohn’s disease, mesenteric ischemia, or neoplasms. The main consequence of this syndrome is a reduction of intestinal absorption, which causes malnutrition and dehydration. In the most severe cases, specific and complex surgical procedures are requested to manage the syndrome. Such procedures consist of the intestinal lengthening, with lead to an increase of absorptive mucosal surface and intestinal transit time and an overall enhancement of intestinal absorption. One of the most promising surgical procedures is spiral intestinal lengthening and tailoring, which consists of a spiral incision of the intestinal wall and in the elongation longitudinally of the intestine by sliding one flap over the other. The final intestinal lengthening is strictly dependent on a series of parameters, some of which are defined by the surgeon. The present paper proposes a mathematical model, based on patient specific anatomical data, which aims to help the surgeon in defining the optimal parameters for the intervention and in foreseeing its outcomes from the preoperative planning phase. Such a tool can assist the physician in the surgery room by improving the procedure and reducing surgical times.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Science Repository > Engineering |
Depositing User: | Managing Editor |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2023 04:46 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2024 06:13 |
URI: | http://research.manuscritpub.com/id/eprint/635 |