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Interrupted Versus Continuous Suture Technique for Biliary-enteric Anastomosis: Randomized Clinical Trial by Lena Seifert; Janusz von Renesse; Adrian M Seifert; Dorothée Sturm; Ronny Meisterfeld; Nuh N Rahbari; Christoph Kahlert; Marius Distler; Jürgen Weitz; Christoph Reissfelder is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Background Biliary-enteric anastomosis (BEA) can be performed using continuous or interrupted suture techniques, but high-quality evidence regarding superiority of either technique is lacking. The aim of this study was to compare the suture techniques for patients undergoing BEA by evaluating the suture time as well as short- and long-term biliary complications. ## Methods In this single-centre randomized clinical trial, patients scheduled for elective open procedure with a BEA between 21 January 2016 and 20 September 2017 were randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to have the BEA performed with continuous suture (CSG) or interrupted suture technique (ISG). The primary outcome was the time required to complete the anastomosis. Secondary outcomes were BEA-associated postoperative complications with and without operative revision of the BEA, including bile leakage, cholestasis, and cholangitis, as well as morbidity and mortality up to day 30 after the intervention and survival. ## Results Altogether, 82 patients were randomized of which 80 patients received the allocated intervention (39 in ISG and 41 in CSG). Suture time was longer in the ISG compared with the CSG (median

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Author

Lena Seifert; Janusz von Renesse; Adrian M Seifert; Dorothée Sturm; Ronny Meisterfeld; Nuh N Rahbari; Christoph Kahlert; Marius Distler; Jürgen Weitz; Christoph Reissfelder

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)