Six cas d'anastomose digestive termino-latérale par suture manuelle

Anastomose digestive limbs of different diameters could be a challenge. End-to-side enterectomy is a hand-sewn resection/anastomosis technique allowing to simply manage this kind of situation. This technique is described in humans, but rarely in veterinary surgery. The aim is to suture the proximal end to the antimesenteric side of the distal end. The technique was used to treat six dogs requiring a complex enterectomy based on major discrepency of the digestive segments to be sutured. After technique description, results are retrospectively evaluated. The only complication encountered was an abdominal wall abscess, four days after surgery. All dogs recovered uneventfully. This technique seems to be a good alternative to stapling or traditional hand-sewn anastomosis techniques described to suture intestinal ends of different sizes.