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The Anastomotic Leak Prevention Ileostomy Tube (ALPITube) is a novel CE-marked percutaneous diversion device designed to provide anastomotic protection while avoiding traditional stoma complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate the technical feasibility, safety profile and preliminary outcomes of ALPITube in an idea, development, exploration, assessment and long-term study (IDEAL) framework Stage 2a development study, with contextual comparison to published loop ileostomy benchmarks.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Multicentre retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery with low anastomosis and ALPITube diversion at two European centres \u2013 Clinica La Maddalena in Palermo, Italy (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200928), and Hospital HM Regla in Le\u00f3n, Spain (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200915) \u2013 between May 2023 and June 2025. Primary outcome was 30-day complication rate. Secondary outcomes included device-specific adverse events, conversion to standard ileostomy and mortality.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Forty-three patients were analysed (mean age 69.7\u2009\u00b1\u20099.0\u00a0years; 88.4% with \u2265\u00a01 comorbidity; 76.7% received neoadjuvant therapy). Device implantation was technically successful in all cases (mean implantation time 38\u2009\u00b1\u200914\u00a0min). Early complications occurred in 21 patients (48.8%), and were predominantly low-grade (Clavien\u2013Dindo I\u2013II: 25.6%). In total, five patients (11.6%) required conversion to loop ileostomy due to device maintenance difficulties. No anastomotic leaks or high-output syndrome occurred. No adverse events were associated with device removal. Contextual comparison with literature benchmarks suggested lower rates of high-output stoma (0% versus 16%), exit-site skin complications (18.6% versus 43%), postoperative ileus (4.7% versus 33%) and parastomal hernia (0% versus 8%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ALPITube demonstrates technical feasibility with an acceptable safety profile and signals potential reduction in stoma-specific complications. The 11.6% conversion rate reflects early implementation experience. 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