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Sunil Siri Pathamanathan1, Warunika Jayasena1, Steven Due1
1Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Bowel anastomosis is a fundamental skill for gastrointestinal surgeons, who must be proficient in both stapled and hand-sewn methods. Various inverting suture techniques have been described, each aiming to optimize security and healing. We describe a hand-sewn, two-layer side-to-side anastomosis using a continuous inverting suture with counter-traction, accompanied by illustrative images and a video demonstration.
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