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A self-locking loop as an alternative to purse-string suture in colon anastomosis: a feasibility study

BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is common in humans where treatment involves surgical removal of the cancerous part of the intestines. In the anastomosis procedure a purse-string suture may be time consuming to perform. The aim was to replace the purse-string suture, to develop and test a self-locking...

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Autores principales: Höglund, Odd V., Maxon, Oskar, Grönberg, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5299739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28179015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2412-4