Correlation between bursting pressure and breaking strength in colonic anastomosis

PURPOSE: To investigate the correlation between bursting pressure and breaking strength on the 7th postoperative day following left colonic anastomosis in rats. METHODS: Seventy rats were randomly divided into seven groups of ten animals each. All of the animals underwent segmental resection of the...

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Main Authors: Leonardo de Castro Durães, Eliana Ferreira Ribeiro Durães, Luiz Felipe de Campos Lobato, Paulo Gonçalves de Oliveira, João Batista de Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2013-06-01
Series:Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502013000600008