Undergoing major gastrointestinal (GI) surgery can be challenging enough for a patient without the worry of a grave yet common aftereffect that requires urgent corrective surgery and a lengthy hospital stay – or worse.
Israeli startup Exero Medical has come up with a way of keeping tabs on the surgical site after such a procedure, looking for a localized rupture that has hitherto been extremely difficult to detect.
Every year, millions of people undergo surgery in the digestive tract – in most cases, for the removal of a part of the digestive system due to issues such as cancer or diverticulitis, Exero CEO and co-founder Erez Shor tells NoCamels.
And even if the surgery is uneventful and successful, he says, it is difficult to fully monitor the site of the operation for any post-surgical complications.
“No one knows what’s going on in the healing process of the patient,” Shor says.
Removal of part of the digestive tract involves severing the blood supply to that section, he explains. And when the tissue is reconnected afterwards, the blood supply is not immediately fully restored.
This, combined with expected inflammation at the site of the operation, can lead to the tissue in the area becoming brittle and then perforated – posing a serious threat to the health of the patient.
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Exero Medical CEO Erez Shor is a Technion alumnus.
