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A gelatine prosthetic aid for intestinal anastomosis
Author(s) -
Sognen E.,
Birkeland R.,
Sohlberg S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1977.tb05925.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anastomosis , fibrous joint , barium sulphate , tube (container) , barium sulfate , surgery , barium , chromatography , biomedical engineering , composite material , materials science , radiochemistry , chemistry , metallurgy
A method is described for the establishment of end‐to‐end anastomoses after intestinal resection. The use of gelatine tubes as a suture base enables the edges of the intestinal incisions to be fixed in relation to each other, at the same time facilitating suturing. The action of intestinal proteolytic enzymes causes the gelatine tubes to disintegrate after suturing. Barium sulphate (BaSO 4 ) was added in order to determine the disintegration time of the gelatine tube and to follow its transport away from the operation site. This addition of barium sulphate proved to influence the disintegration time of the gelatine tube. An optimum disintegration time may therefore be achieved by varying the barium sulphate concentration as well as the ratio of gelatine to water.