[Biliodigestive anastomoses using mechanical sutures].

The authors provide information concerning an experimental model of a suturing instrument for the formation of linear biliodigestive anastomoses, by means off which the communications are created in different parts of the ducts, even the intrahepatic ducts, 5 mm or more in diameter. The instrument was used in operations on 29 patients who had cicatricial stenosis of the major duodenal papilla, carcinoma of the pancreas or ducts in the region of the porta hepatis. The instrument is universal in range and can be used for the creation of various types of biliodigestive anastomoses, it makes the operative techniques simpler and more reliable. Complications associated with the use of the instrument did not occur.