Biomechanical response of colonic tissue under high-speed traction

Trauma is a leading cause of death for young people in developed countries, becoming a public health issue. After the spleen and liver, the digestive tract is the third most frequently affected organ during blunt abdominal trauma. Gastrointestinal injuries are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality, due to the difficulty in diagnosing such intestinal lesions and the resulting delay in treatment. Mechanical behaviour of the colon has only been studied under quasi-static loads.This study involves the experimental characterisation of the mechanical behaviour of the colon using tensile tests, to determine the mechanical response under different loads.