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Continuous vertical hemimattress suture for biliary‐enteric anastomosis
Author(s) -
Moriura Shigeaki,
Kobayashi Ichiro,
Hattori Kotaro,
Oshiro Taihei,
Kawahara Mari,
Matsumoto Takatoshi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1868-6982
pISSN - 0944-1166
DOI - 10.1007/s00534-005-1008-x
Subject(s) - anastomosis , fibrous joint , medicine , surgery , stenosis
The continuous hemivertical mattress suture technique for biliary‐enteric anastomosis has not been well reported in the literature. We used the technique with a double‐armed monofilament absorbable suture (Glycomer 631) for 32 anastomoses in 31 patients. There was one anastomotic leakage (3.1%). The mean follow‐up period was 683 days, during which time no patient developed anastomotic stenosis or cholangitis. The technique provided satisfactory results with lower cost than one‐layer interrupted sutures.