1Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences & A.H., P.S.Pura;
2Division of Surgery, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar;
3College of Biomedical Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (J&K)
†Corresponding author; E-mail: singh@kangwon.ac.kr
The study was designed to evaluate the ease of use, effectiveness and safety of stapling device (GIA) for intestinal anastomosis in cattle. Twelve healthy crossbred calves were allotted to groups A and B. In animals of both groups, through right flank laparotomy, intestinal portion was exteriorized, resected and anastomosed with hand suturing or stapling using GIA instrument technique. Anastomotic time, surgical time was significantly lower (p<0.05) with stapler technique as compared to hand sewn technique. Animals of stapling group showed increased (p<0.05) lumen diameter and anastomotic indices as compared to the animals of hand sewn group. Leakage, seepage and adhesion were observed prominently in hand sewn animals, whereas no case of intra-abdominal sepsis, leakage, seepage adhesions (except in one case) and intestinal obstruction was recorded in stapling group. Bursting pressure fell for 7 days post surgery in hand sewn animals but increased gradually in stapled animals. Stapling with GIA device can be used for intestinal anaomosis in cattle.
Hand sewn, bursting pressure, cattle, GIA staplers, intestinal anastomosis
