[First experience with application of compression anastomoses with the apparatus AKA-2 in operations on the large intestine].

The article describes results of the experimental and clinical application of the suturing apparatus AKA-2 forming compression anastomoses on the colon with the help of connecting rings. The results obtained enabled the authors to recommend the suturing apparatus AKA-2 for clinical use. Experience with using the apparatus AKA-2 in several medical institutions in 225 operations on the colon has shown the apparatus to be reliable and to considerably facilitate the creation of anastomoses in operations on the colon and rectum.