Potentially life-saving sticker blows the whistle on post-surgical leaks
A simple little sticker could soon be saving the lives of patients recovering from gastrointestinal surgery. The clever device is designed to detect the presence of leaking digestive fluids sooner than otherwise possible.When surgeons close up an incision in an organ such as the stomach, intestine or pancreas, there's always a risk that digestive fluids will start leaking out of the wound before it fully heals.According to Dr. Chet Hammill from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, there's a 30% chance of…