title: [Milestones in the history of intestinal anastomosis].
abstract: Description of the most important steps in the evolution of intestinal suture technique: The simple Lembert suture and its precursors, the two-layer suture, and the adapting one-layer suture. The contributions of Ph. F. Ramdohr. Wolfenbüttel, 1727, A. Lembert, Paris, 1826, F. Wydler, Aarau, 1865, and Th. Kocher, Bern, 1878-1907, are presented in more details.
authors.affiliation: Medizinhistorisches Institut, Universität Bern. urs.boschung@mhi.unibe.ch
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Boschung
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland