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AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

EDGAR J. POTH, Ph.D., M.D.

Arch Surg. 1934;28(6):1087-1094.

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The question of intestinal anastomosis has been attacked by numerous workers, and a tremendous literature has accumulated. Among the more recent workers, Halsted¹ published a paper in 1922 describing his blind-end circular suture, which acted as a great stimulus to investigations pertaining to the technic of intestinal suture. In 1922 Horine² stated that 217 methods had been suggested for performing intestinal anastomoses. Since his review, 58 additional publications bring the total to 275 proposals.

Naturally there are many duplications, and in general the suggested technics or methods can be classified under two main heads: the open method and the closed method. The stimulus for much of the work has been to find a so-called aseptic technic. Strict asepsis, from the surgical point of view, probably cannot be attained consistently. Technics affording a minimum of soiling have been devised, but there are factors other than contamination governing success or . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Fellow in Medicine of the National Research Council SAN FRANCISCO

From the Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
This study was aided by a grant from the Fluid Research Fund of the Rockefeller Foundation.

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