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Non-sutured fibrin adhesive vs. sutured anastomosis. A comparative intra-individual study in dog colon
J Kjaergaard1, P Nordkild, E Sjøntoft
1Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark.
Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
In each of ten dogs the colon was subjected to a two-layered sutured anastomosis and a non-sutured fibrin adhesive anastomosis. Intra-individual comparisons showed no significant difference of in vivo bursting strength after 7 days between the colon segments with sutured and those with non-sutured anastomoses. Under experimental conditions it was thus possible to achieve a safe, sutureless anastomosis in the colon using only fibrin adhesive.