Tissue fusion technology versus suture and staple in porcine bowel anastomosis: an in vivo study

The aim of this study was to make a comparison between the tissue fusion technique and conventional methods for sealing bowel anastomosis. Eighteen female domestic pigs (Suidae, Sus) were used in our study. Tissue-fused anastomoses (LigaSure groups) were made in 13 animals (5 anastomoses per animal)...

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Main Authors: Hong Pan, Kevin K.C. Leung, Enders Kwok Wai Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2020-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2020000500605&tlng=en