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A biofragmentable ring for sutureless bowel anastomosis

An experimental study

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

A biofragmentable bowel anastomosis ring (BAR) for sutureless intestinal anastomosis is described with the laboratory results comparing the BAR to sutured and stapled anastomoses. There was equivalent healing with all three methods of anastomosis. However, “burst” pressure was highest at day zero and overall necrosis was least with the BAR. By virtue of these findings and being sutureless, it is hoped that the limits of safe bowel anastomosis can be extended.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

    William G. Pace M.D.

  2. Davis & Geck, Lederle Laboratories, American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York

    John W. Maney B.A., Abraham R. Katz M.S. & Alan L. Kagano D.Sc.

  3. Central Ohio Colon and Rectal Center, Grant Hospital, 300 East Town Street, 43215, Columbus, Ohio

    Thomas G. Hardy Jr. M.D.

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  1. Thomas G. Hardy Jr. M.D.
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Read at the joint meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons with the Section of Colo-Proctology, Royal Society of Medicine, and the Section of Colonic and Rectal Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 6 to 11, 1984.

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Hardy, T.G., Pace, W.G., Maney, J.W. et al. A biofragmentable ring for sutureless bowel anastomosis. Dis Colon Rectum 28, 484–490 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554090

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