[Possibility of the early diagnosis of the suture incompetence of a large intestine anastomosis].

Radionuclide examinations consisting in intraoperative injection of a nonabsorbed radiopharmaceutical preparation into the lumen of adducting portion of the gut were proposed for the detection of incompetence of anastomosis sutures in the early postoperative period. The investigation was performed in 45 patients. Complications on the anastomosis were detected in 7 patients: in 5 patients--anastomositis, in 2 patients--incompetence of the anastomosis sutures, the radiopharmaceutical preparation being found in the free abdominal cavity and in the drain discharge. The authors consider that the intraoperative injection of the nonabsorbed radiopharmaceutical preparation into the colon lumen allows the assessment of the state of the intestine motor function in the early postoperative period and the detection of complications on the anastomosis.