Comparison of arcuate-legged clipped versus sutured hepatic artery, portal vein, and bile duct anastomoses

From: The American Surgeon | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Attempts at improving anastomoses have included the development of stapling techniques. Our purpose was to evaluate arcuate-legged clipped versus standard sutured anastomoses of the hepatic artery (HA), portal vein (PV), and bile duct in a porcine liver transplantation model. Two groups of pigs were studied intraoperatively and 1 day after liver transplantation. A control group underwent sutured anastomosis of PV and HA with polypropylene and of bile duct with polydioxanone (n = 8). An experimental group underwent anastomoses with arcuate-legged clips (n = 8). We analyzed the time to perform ...

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