title: [Sutureless bowel anastomosis with a biofragmentable ring in Crohn's disease].
abstract: A biofragmentable anastomosis ring has recently been developed and is used in end-to-end intestinal anastomosis. It is composed of 2 circular polyglycolic acid (Dexon) components which are interdigitated to form a sutureless anastomosis. We used it in an ileo-ileal and 2 ileo-colic end-to-end anastomoses in 3 patients with Crohn's disease in the past 6 months. Postoperative recovery of bowel function and oral feeding were comparable to that in patients after conventional anastomoses with sutures or staplers. Experience accumulated in 2 large multicentric comparative studies proved that the ring is a safe, fast and effective method for bowel anastomosis. We found it to be safe even in Crohn's disease.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Hadassah-University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pappo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenmann
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Freund
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007422:Intestines / Q000601:surgery*; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid
chemical_list: D011100:Polyglycolic Acid