Clinical Challenge in Colorectal Surgery: Management of Anastomotic Leaks

  • This episode offers a practical, case-based overview of evaluating and managing anastomotic leaks in colorectal surgery. It highlights early clinical warning signs, optimal imaging, and a framework for choosing nonoperative versus operative strategies, including when to drain, divert, repair, or revise an anastomosis. The discussion also covers management considerations in diverted patients and those with Crohn’s disease, as well as long-term issues such as chronic leak–related complications and planning for stoma reversal. Join Drs. Jared Hendren, Elissa Dabaghi, Joseph Trunzo, Ajaratu Keshinro, and David Rosen as they discuss this clinical challenge in colorectal surgery.

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants

Learning Objectives

  1. Assessing postoperative changes that warrant imaging and/or intervention in suspected anastomotic leaks.
  2. Applying a structured decision-making approach to determine when nonoperative management, drainage, diversion, or operative intervention is most appropriate.
  3. Recognizing key considerations in managing leaks in diverted patients and those with Crohn’s disease, including long-term complications and factors influencing stoma reversal planning.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 JA Credit - AH
    • 0.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Registration Opens: 
03/15/2026
Registration Expires: 
03/15/2028
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Virtual
United States

  • Jared Hendren, MD

  • Elissa Dabaghi, MD

  • Joseph Trunzo, MD

  • Ajaratu Keshinro, MD

  • David Rosen, MD

 

  • In support of improving patient care, Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team. The designation was based upon the quality of the educational activity and its compliance with the standards and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

     

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  • AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
  • ANCC
  • Attendance
  • JA Credit - AH

Available Credit

  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
  • 0.50 ANCC
  • 0.50 JA Credit - AH
    • 0.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
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