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Comparative Study
. 1997 Jun;52(6):857-61.

[Use of Valtrac in digestive surgery. Initial clinical experience]

[Article in Italian]
A Monaco  1 , G Moncelli, L Gastaldi, C Verna, M Scifo, R Nizia, C Maio, L Governato, A Deirino, F Mangione, P Volterrani
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  • PMID: 9324675
Comparative Study

[Use of Valtrac in digestive surgery. Initial clinical experience]

[Article in Italian]
A Monaco et al. Minerva Chir. 1997 Jun.

Abstract

Stapling instruments are being currently used for digestive or colorectal anastomoses with definite advantages. The authors report their initial clinical experience about BAR utilization to restore intestinal continuity after upper digestive and colorectal resections. The authors have been carried out 20 anastomoses on 18 patients: 11 males and 7 females. Eleven (61.1%) of them were affected with malignant neoplasms and in 9 cases were performed an urgency procedure. The colorectal and jejunal-jejunal anastomoses were performed, respectively, in 8 cases; gastric-jejunal and ileo-colic anastomoses, respectively, in 2. The satisfactory results obtained seem to demonstrate that the biofragmentable anastomotic ring constitutes a "safe" method of bowel junction of the whole digestive apparatus.

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