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Review of the Literature and Report of a Case

C. G. McEACHERN, M.D.; R. B. WILSON, M.D.; R. E. SULLIVAN, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1957;74(2):273-275.

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Although probably most surgeons prefer to establish continuity of the intestinal tract by end-to-end anastomosis after resection or division of the bowel, still a considerable number of surgeons continue to establish side-to-side anastomoses. In addition to the usual complications which may follow end-to-end anastomoses, side-to-side anastomoses may produce a series of complications if the proximal segment of the bowel distal to the anastomosis is excessive. Dilatation and hypertrophy of this segment may develop, resulting in a gradually enlarging pouch which may progress to ulceration and perforation.

As early as 1906 Cannon and Murphy¹ observed, in cats, that the proximal segment of a side-to-side anastomosis failed to empty properly if a redundant segment were left beyond the site of anastomosis. Estes and Holm,² in 1932, and Pearce,³ in 1937, using dogs, demonstrated that when peristalsis was towards the blind proximal segments of bowel distal to a side-to-side anastomosis, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Fort Wayne, Ind.

Footnotes
Received for publication Aug. 16, 1956.

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