Comparison of inverting and appositional methods for anastomosis of the small intestine in cats
Bellenger, C.R.
Veterinary Record 110(12): 265-268
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 7080414 Document Number: 193046
Three anastomoses (single layer inverting, apposition with catgut sutures and with polyglycolic acid sutures) were made in the small intestines of six cats. Two cats each were euthanased three, 14 and 30 days after surgery. With the inverting technique the mean lumen diameter was only 4.72 mm, while with the appositional technique it varied from 8.09 mm (gut) to 8.78 mm (polyglycolic acid). Expressed as percentages of adjacent intestinal diameters, the inverting, catgut apposition and polyglycolic acid apposition techniques resulted in lumen diameters of 42, 88 and 78%, respectively.