Figure 1. The functional end-to-end anastomoses were established with the LigaSure tissue fusion technique or the titanium stable technique (GIA), fashioned in the circumstance of laparoscopic procedure for digestive gut reconstruction. Panel 1a shows the location where the intestine was to be cut after the mesentery vessels had been cut. Panel 1b shows the view after the intestine was cut. The fusion contact shown in panels 1c and 1d is serosa-serosa contact. Panel 1e shows the view from the inside of the side-to-side anastomosis. Panel 1f shows mucosa-mucosa contact.