The use of staplers in equine intestinal surgery
van der Velden, M.A.; van der Gaag, I.
Veterinary Record 120(9): 201-204
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 3576938 Document Number: 292124
Automatic suturing instruments were tested in two ponies and two horses. The TA stapler was used for bowel closure (enterotomies and gut transection) and for end-to-end 'triangulation' anastomoses. The GIA stapler was used for making side-to-side anastomoses. In one horse several enterotomies were made at different stages and the results of suturing by hand and with a stapler were compared. The utility of both types of staplers is discussed in relation to clinical evaluations and macroscopical and microscopical findings post mortem.