... been performed. In a number of these studies, the sealing material has been fibrin glue (FG), and the results in individual studies have been varying. The positive effect of anastomotic sealing with FG might be due to the mechanical/physical properties, the increased healing of the anastomoses or both...

...I. Kanellos; A. Kavouni; T. Zaraboukas; C. Odisseos; K. Galovatsea; I. Dadoukis We studied the effects of intraperitoneal 5-fiuorouracil (5-FU) administration with or without the addition of folinic acid (FA) on the healing of colonic anastomoses in rats immediately after surgery. Sixty-three male...

...Doris Henne-Bruns; H.P. Kreischer; P. Schmiegelow; B. Kremer Polyglycolic acid (PGA) meshes have successfully been used in the treatment of injured parenchymatous organs. In our study we investigated the value of PGA meshes for reinforcement of colon anastomoses in a rat model. In 75 Wistar rats...

...M.E. Foster; S.S. Brennan; A. Morgan; D.J. Leaper The leakage rate of colonic anastomoses may be as high as 13%. A good blood supply is of paramount importance. However tissue perfusion may be at risk in the elderly and in low colorectal anastomoses. We have tested the effect of isoxsuprine...

...M. Behrend; Eva Kluge; W. Schüttler; J. Klempnauer Tracheal anastomoses are, even more so than other sutures, often only possible to prepare under tension and thus in danger of breakage. No information is available regarding native tracheae and freshly sutured tracheae. For this reason, our...

...T. Hyytinen; T. Paavonen; K. Inkinen; J. Ahonen; S. Mattila The healing of airway anastomoses after tracheal autotransplantation was studied in a rat model. Tracheal autotransplantation in length of five tracheal cartilaginous rings was performed in 46 PVGr 1 female rats. The animals were...

...H. Demetriades; D. Botsios; D. Kazantzidou; L. Sakkas; K. Tsalis; K. Manos; I. Dadoukis This experimental study compares the effects of early postoperative administration of three enteral diets of different compositions on the healing of colonic anastomoses. Sixty Wistar rats were subjected...