Xue-Min Liu, Xiao-Peng Yan, Hong-Ke Zhang, Feng Ma, Yan-Guang Guo, Chao Fan, Shan-Pei Wang, Ai-Hua Shi, Bo Wang, Hao-Hua Wang, Jian-Hui Li, Xiao-Gang Zhang, Rongqian Wu, Xu-Feng Zhang, Yi Lv
BACKGROUND: Magnetic compression anastomosis (magnamosis, MCA) has been verified safe and effective by us and others in animal bilioenteric anastomosis (BEA). The objective of the present study was to introduce clinical application of magnetic compression bilioenteric anastomosis (MC-BEA) with a unique device in series of patients. METHODS: Patients with obstructive jaundice with an indication of BEA were prospectively enrolled from 2012 to 2015. After dissection of bile ducts, the mother ring and drainage tube were placed in the proximal bile duct and the purse-string suture was tightened over the drainage tube...
December 2018: World Journal of Surgery