title: [Manual suture versus/or mechanical suture from the Austrian viewpoint].
abstract: A general inquiry was made at surgical units and university clinics in Austria about the anastomosis techniques used between 1980 to 1985. The result was that in 90.3% the suture was made by hand and in 9.7% by machine. The first mentioned was performed as double row inverting suture by 66% of our surgeons, and only in 30% as an all-layer suture. The stapler-technique was mostly preferred for the oesophago-jejunostomy and the high and lower resection of the rectum. A leakage of the suture line was observed in 3.9% after sewing by hand and in 6.3% after stapling. The total lethality finally was 1.4% for hand made suture and 1.8% for apparative suture.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Klinik für Chirurgie, Graz.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kronberger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Germann
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014945:Wound Healing
vernacular_title: Handnaht versus/sive Maschinennaht aus der Sicht Osterreichs.