Tracheal anastomosis using a metallic stapler. An experimental study.
Experimental use of a metallic stapler in tracheoplastic surgery is described. In contrast to monofilament sutures, the technique permits nontraumatizing tracheal repair and may therefore be advantageous in clinical treatment for lesions of the cervical and the intrathoracic trachea.
Iwasaki
A
A
Second Department of Surgery, Fukuoka University, Japan.
Yoshinaga
Y
Y
Inuzuka
K
K
Okabayashi
K
K
Shiraishi
T
T
Kawahara
K
K
Yamashita
Y
Y
Shirakusa
T
T
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*