[One-row continuous suture in abdominal surgery]

One-row continuous suture (OCS) was used in 3605 patients while placing anastomoses in different parts of the digestive tract, extrahepatic bile ducts and pancreas as well as suturing after gastrostomy and choledochotomy. Two techniques of OCS were used. In 526 patients OCS was used for biliary tract surgery with complications rate 1.3%. In surgery of the stomach and small intestine OCS was used in 2606 patients; the insufficiency rate of stomach and small intestine anastomoses was equal (0.04%). In surgery of colon and rectum OCS was used in 405 patients; insufficiency rate was 1.5%. In surgery of the pancreas this suture was used in 70 patients without complications after surgery. Analysis of the data shows high reliability of OCS for anastomoses in abdominal surgery and allows to recommend its wider use in clinical practice.