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- A proximal section of the jejunum will be brought adjacent to the gallbladder.
- Two incisions, about 3 cm in length, will be made parallel to each other on the aspects of the jejunum and the gallbladder.
- 4/0 synthetic, absorbable suture is used to close the cranial dorsal incision line on the lumen.
- The same suture material will be used to close the caudal ventral incision, which will bring the two openings onto one another and allow direct infusion of bile.
- Both ends of the suture pattern will be securely knotted to prevent leakage of digestive fluids into the abdominal space.
- A proximal section of the jejunum will be brought adjacent to the gallbladder.
- The jejunum is transected and sutured closed.
- Just caudal to the duodenum, the jejunum is anastomosed to the gallbladder.
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