Surgical anastomosis

A surgical anastomosis is a surgical technique used to make a new connection between two body structures that carry fluid, such as blood vessels or bowel. For example, an arterial anastomosis is used in vascular bypass and a colonic anastomosis is used to restore colonic continuity after the resection of colon cancer.

A hand-sewn bowel anastomosis, in this case of the sigmoid colon

A surgical anastomosis can be created using suture sewn by hand, mechanical staplers and biological glues, depending on the circumstances. While an anastomosis may be end-to-end, equally it could be performed side-to-side or end-to-side depending on the circumstances of the required reconstruction or bypass. The term reanastomosis is also used to describe a surgical reconnection usually reversing a prior surgery to disconnect an anatomical anastomosis, e.g. tubal reversal after tubal ligation.

Medical uses

Fashioning an anastomosis is typically a complex and time-consuming step in a surgical operation, but almost always crucial to the outcome of the procedure.

See also

References

  1. Vilhjalmsson, Dadi; Olofsson, Per; Syk, Ingvar; Thorlacius, Henrik; Grönberg, Anders (2015). "The Compression Anastomotic Ring-Locking Procedure: A Novel Technique for Creating a Sutureless Colonic Anastomosis". European Surgical Research. 54 (3–4): 139–147. doi:10.1159/000368354.
  2. Höglund, Odd V.; Maxon, Oskar; Grönberg, Anders (8 February 2017). "A self-locking loop as an alternative to purse-string suture in colon anastomosis: a feasibility study". BMC Research Notes. 10 (1). doi:10.1186/s13104-017-2412-4. PMC 5299739.
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