EXPERIMENT AL COLONIC ANASTOMOSIS IN DOGS

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Dept. of Surgery, Faculty of Vet. Med. Assiut University,

Abstract

The influence of 2/0 eyeless silk, 2/0 Dexon* 2/0 and 4/0 chromic catgut suture materials, on the healing process of single layer inver ting and everting end-to-end colonic anasto mosis were studied. In all group < /strong>s complete healing was acheived without any complica tions Dezon suture material proved to be sup < /strong>erior than the others. At the end of 21 days the colonic diameter, wall thickness and lumen diameter at the operation site were nearly normal.