ANASTOMOSIS OF THE CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS: EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF PERITONEAL GRAFTSII. One-Layer Anastomosis
IRVING CRAMER, M.D.;
LE ROY J. KLEINSASSER, M.D.
AMA Arch Surg. 1951;63(2):243-246.
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AN EXPERIMENTAL evaluation of the use of peritoneal grafts in anastomosis of the cervical esophagus was recently reported by us.1 At that time a twolayer anastomosis was performed as recommended by Saint and Mann.2 It was shown that a peritoneal graft used in such an anastomosis has no advantage over a well performed two-layer anastomosis without the employment of a graft. The present studies were undertaken to evaluate the use of peritoneal grafts covering a one-layer anastomosis compared with a one-layer anastomosis without the use of a graft.
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE
A total of 35 mongrel dogs weighing 25 to 30 lb. (11 to 13 kg.) were operated on under intravenous pentobarbital sodium (nembutal®) anesthesia. The operative procedure is the same as that previously described1 except for the use of a onelayer anastomosis. An incision was made in the midline of the neck extending inferiorly for about 3
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Author Affiliations
UTICA, N. Y.; DALLAS, TEXAS
From the Department of Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital and Southwestern Medical School of the University of Texas.
Footnotes
Sponsored by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.
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