[Restorative operations in colostomy patients with short stump of the rectum]

An analysis of restorative operations on 113 patients with a story of obstructive resection of the colon after Gartman has shown that of special technical difficulty were operations on patients with a short (less than 10 cm) stump of the rectum. In 26 patients an apparatus stitch "to the pitch" with the help of suturing apparatuses AKA-2 and AKA-4 of the firm "Ethicon" was used. In 9 patients a combined hand sewing was used. In the patients in whom the continuity of the colon was restored with the help of a mechanical suture "to the pitch" or by the hand combined sewing there were no incompetent anastomoses. Results of the operations were followed-up during the period from 6 months to 3 years. In 2 patients (5.4%) stricture of the anastomosis was diagnosed following its formation with the help of the apparatus AKA-4.