Medical Uses of Surgical Anastomosis - Blood vessels: Arteries and veins require anastomoses for vascular procedures such as bypass operations, aneurysmectomy, and organ transplants. - Gastrointestinal (GI) tract: Anastomoses are necessary for restoring continuity after elective resections of organs like the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, large bowel, bile ducts, and pancreas. Bariatric surgery relies on bypass operations. - Urinary tract: Anastomosis is required in procedures like radical prostatectomy and radical cystectomy to restore continuity between the bladder and urethra. - Microsurgery: Microsurgical techniques have enabled anastomoses previously considered impossible, including nerve anastomoses and fertility restoration after tubal ligation or vasectomy. - Anastomotic leak: The success of a surgical procedure often depends on the complex and time-consuming step of creating an anastomosis.

Related Techniques - Urinary diversion: Related technique used in surgical procedures.

Research Studies - Vilhjalmsson et al. (2015). The Compression Anastomotic Ring-Locking Procedure: A Novel Technique for Creating a Sutureless Colonic Anastomosis. - Höglund et al. (2017). A self-locking loop as an alternative to purse-string suture in colon anastomosis: a feasibility study.