Use of mechanical staplers in Billroth Ii gastrectomy
Bosco, L.
Il Giornale di Chirurgia 12(3): 90-91
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0391-9005 PMID: 1873188 Document Number: 368408
Some considerations on the use of staplers, use currently classified as "elective" and "of convenience", are shown. The Author wishes a change in this classification especially for what elective subtotal gastrectomy is concerned. In fact, the use of staplers in subtotal gastrectomy for tumors of the pyloric antrum and for complicated ulcer assures considerable advantages in terms of quickness, safety and sterility. Finally, the Author describes in detail a Billroth II subtotal gastrectomy performed with staplers.