Absorbable staples in continent ileal urinary pouch.
Continent ileal urinary reservoirs were created in dogs to study absorbable surgical staples. Within each pouch, certain controlled observations were possible. The staples and chemically similar polyglactin absorbable sutures caused almost identical tissue reactions. The staples outlasted the sutures, probably because of greater size. Inverted and everted staple closures worked equally well. It appears feasible to consider clinical urinary diversion with absorbable staples, a time-saving method.
Department of Urology and Pathology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa.
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D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011098:Polyglactin 910; D011108:Polymers; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures; D014547:Urinary Diversion; D014945:Wound Healing
D011108:Polymers; C048851:polysorb; D011098:Polyglactin 910