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Open Intestinal Anastomosis with Surgical Stapling Equipment in 24 Dogs and Cats
Author(s) -
ULLMAN SHARON L.,
PAVLETIC MICHAEL M.,
CLARK GEOFFREY N.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1991.tb00344.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , anastomosis , peritonitis , cats
Surgical stapling equipment was used to perform open antiperistaltic side‐to‐side (“functional end‐to‐end”) entero‐anastomoses in 20 dogs and 4 cats. Twenty‐one anastomoses healed uneventfully. Seven animals with severe bacterial peritonitis required open peritoneal drainage and delayed abdominal closure. There was postoperative leakage at the anastomotic site in two dogs and a localized abscess at the staple line in one cat. No long‐term complications occurred in follow‐up periods of 3 to 29 months.