Effect of preconditioning and postoperative hyperbaric oxygen therapy on colonic anastomosis healing with and without ischemia in rats.
José Luiz Fontoura-AndradeLeonardo Mendes PintoFabiana Pirani CarneiroJoão Batista de SousaPublished in: Acta cirurgica brasileira (2020)
The HBOT protocol tested herein at 2.4 ATA did not affect histopathological and biomechanical parameters of colonic anastomotic healing, neither the clinical outcomes death and anastomosis leak on the fourth day after laparotomy.