The single-row suture for abdominal anastomoses in children above the age of one month
A method for anastomozing hollow organs of the abdominal cavity with a continuous single-row invagination suture using an unabsorbable atraumatic thread (4/0 - 5/0) was developed in the Department of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, Rostov State Medical University. Morphological features of anastomoses were studied in rabbit experiments. The method was used to treat 214 patients (272 anastomoses). There were no cases of compromised anastomoses. The author argues that this universal method may be recommended for constructing abdominal anastomoses in children under 18 years of age. Its advantages over other known techniques for the same purpose are discussed.