The development of intestinal anastomosis techniques,including hand suturing,stapling,and compression anastomoses,has been a significant advancement in surgical practice.These methods aim to prevent leakage and minimi...
We comment on a study titled“Feasibility and safety of"bridging"pancreaticogastrostomy for pancreatic trauma in Landrace pigs”in which ten pigs were randomized to either experimental“bridging”pancreaticogastrostom...
BACKGROUND Anastomotic leak constitutes a major problem in abdominal surgery.Technical insufficiency,topical or systemic factors contribute to disrupted healing of the performed bowel anastomosis and result in anastom...
AIMTo evaluate the effectiveness of human fibrinogen-thrombin collagen patch (TachoSil®) in the reinforcement of high-risk colon anastomoses.METHODSA quasi-experimental study was conducted in Wistar...
Since the introduction of stapling instruments in the 1970s various studies have compared the results of sutured and stapled bowel anastomoses. A literature search was performed from 1960 to 2010 and articles relating...