Ensayos clínicos

Inclusion Criteria:

• ≥ 18 and ≤ 90 years of age.
• Patient undergoing elective intestinal resection surgery including open, laparoscopic, robotic, or hand-assist technique for:
  • Segmental ileocolic resection with or without diversion;
  • Segmental colon resection with or without diversion;
  • Segmental coloproctectomy with or without diversion;
  • Low anterior resection with or without diversion;
  • Abdominoperineal resection;
  • Total abdominal colectomy with or without diversion;
  • Proctocolectomy with or without end ileostomy or diversion;
  • Closure of end colostomy (Hartmann’s reversal).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergies to any of the device components (i.e., adhesive).
• Inability to have prototype device applied to their abdominal wall due to disease conditions or surgical alterations (e.g., fistulas, stomas, drains, etc.).
• Patients undergoing:
  • Small bowel resection without colonic resection;
  • Transanal proctectomy without transabdominal approach;
  • Perineal proctosigmoidectomy;
  • Closure of loop colostomy or ileostomy.
• Patients with preoperative evidence of an anastomotic leak, deep wound infection, organ space infection, or urinary tract infection.