A Simple and Safe Anastomosis for Pancreatogastrostomy Using One Binding Purse-String and Two Transfixing Mattress Sutures

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="fig3a"><td><img alt="718637.fig.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijso/volume-2012/718637/figures/718637.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Purse-string suture is preplaced in the posterior gastric wall via the anterior gastrostomy</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="fig3b"><td><img alt="718637.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijso/volume-2012/718637/figures/718637.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Schematic bird view on the preplaced purse-string suture (PS—purse-string suture)</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Preplaced purse-string suture (PDS II 2.0 MH plus, 70 cm) at the posterior gastric wall.</table>

International Journal of Surgical Oncology

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Figure 3: A Simple and Safe Anastomosis for Pancreatogastrostomy Using One Binding Purse-String and Two Transfixing Mattress Sutures 