Gastrointestinal anastomoses constructed with singly placed staples.
Thirty gastrointestinal anastomoses were created in dogs by stapling with singly placed staples, using a commercially available skin and fascial stapler. The exercise served to illustrate the advantages of automation of individual sutures rather than the whole suture line, pointing out a new direction for the future development of gastrointestinal staplers.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005763:Gastroenterostomy / Q000379:methods*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013536:Suture Techniques