CASE REPORT   

Chirurgia 2022 June;35(3):186-90

DOI: 10.23736/S0394-9508.21.05309-2

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language: English

Postoperative small bowel obstruction associated with use of oxidized regenerated cellulose (fibrillar)

Rebecca P. ANDRAOS ✉, Ali H. HALLAL

Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Hemostasis is an essential step in a surgical intervention. The management of bleeding during procedures have evolved, and recently involves a variety of hemostatic agents. Few case reports describe early postoperative small bowel obstruction after the use of hemostatic agents (mainly FloSeal, a gelatins-thrombin matrix). Our paper reports a case of early small bowel adhesion leading to obstruction after the use of fibrillar (regenerated oxidized cellulose), in an exploratory laparotomy for excision of a mesenteric vascular lesion.

KEY WORDS: postoperative complications; Intestinal obstruction; Hemostatics; Purified rayon