PubMed · 7356107
Experimental nonsuture colonic anastomoses.
Abstract
A comparative study of sutured colonic anastomoses and anastomoses made by isobutylcyanoacrylate was performed in 60 rats. No difference in the strength of the anastomoses, as expressed by the bursting pressure, was found, and there was no difference in the frequency of adhesions or stenoses, provided the cyanoacrylate was meticulously covered by omentum. Histologic evidence of delayed healing was observed in the cyanoacrylate group; however, this did not seem to reduce the strength of the anastomosis. Provided it is covered with an omental tag, isobutylcyanoacrylate may prove to be a valuable adjunct to conventional suture techniques under special circumstances.
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P Kirkegaard, A B Christensen, J Ibsen, V Hegedüs, J Christiansen. 1980. Experimental nonsuture colonic anastomoses.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9610(80)90261-5
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