Development and in vivo Assessment of a Rapidly Collapsible Anastomotic Guide for Use in Anastomosis of the Small Intestine: A Pilot Study Using a Swine Model

Development and in vivo Assessment of a Rapidly Collapsible Anastomotic Guide for Use in Anastomosis of the Small Intestine: A Pilot Study Using a Swine Model

Various conditions in human and veterinary medicine require intestinal resection and anastomosis, and complications from these procedures are frequent. A rapidly collapsible anastomotic guide was developed for small intestinal end-to-end anastomosis and was investigated in order to assess its utilit...

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Main Authors: Alisha P. Pedersen, Karrer M. Alghazali, Rabab N. Hamzah, Pierre-Yves Mulon, Megan McCracken, Rebecca E. Rifkin, Anwer Mhannawee, Zeid A. Nima, Christopher Griffin, Robert L. Donnell, Alexandru S. Biris, David E. Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
end-to-end anastomosis
anastomotic guide
side-to-side anastomosis
polyvinylpyrrolidone
polyurethane
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2020.587951/full

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