Pilot RCT with 20 patients in both test and control group. In the control group resection \& anastomosis was done using the conventional method. In the test group after devascularisation the resection line was marked on the bowel wall and IRT done using a forward looking infra- red camera with a rainbow display. Resection line was determined by a sharp change in colour on the display screen (corresponding to \> 30C change in surface temperature) over the visualised bowel wall. Margins were revised if difference between surgeon and IRT determined resection lines were more than 1cm apart. Anastomosis was done as per surgeon's preference.AL was the primary outcome measure. Hospital stay, operative time, blood loss, post-operative complications as per Clavien-Dindo classification were the secondary outcome measures.
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Anastomotic leak
Timeframe: 8 weeks