Open intestinal anastomosis with surgical stapling equipment in 24 dogs and cats.
Surgical stapling equipment was used to perform open antiperistaltic side-to-side ("functional end-to-end") entero-anastomoses in 20 dogs and 4 cats. Twenty-one anastomoses healed uneventfully. Seven animals with severe bacterial peritonitis required open peritoneal drainage and delayed abdominal closure. There was postoperative leakage at the anastomotic site in two dogs and a localized abscess at the staple line in one cat. No long-term complications occurred in follow-up periods of 3 to 29 months.
Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
S L
SL
Ullman
M M
MM
Pavletic
G N
GN
Clark
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007422:Intestines / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary; D011379:Prognosis; D013528:Surgical Staplers / Q000662:veterinary; D017792:Surgical Stapling / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary*