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Changyul Oh, MD; Julius H. Jacobson, II, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1972;104(2):203-205.

Abstract
We have used a procedure for end-to-end anastomosis of the esophagus in growing puppies utilizing microsurgical techniques and 7-O silk sutures. One out of 23 (4%) animals subjected to this procedure developed postoperative stricture and three died of anastomotic leak (13%). The remainder were free of clinical signs of stricture, although three of them showed some narrowing roentgenographically. It is concluded that clinical trial of microsurgical technique in the treatment of congenital esophageal atresia may result in a reduction of postoperative stricture formation and leakage.

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 7, 1971.

Reprint requests to Mount Sinai Hospital, Fifth Avenue and 100th Street, New York 10029 (Dr. Jacobson).

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