It’s the medical word for bringing together two ends of a hollow organ – the gut, a ureter, or a vein and/or artery. I never wanted to be a surgeon, but as a medical student, I was always fascinated by surgical interventions.
As a medical resident, I practiced my skills at certain procedures that required surgical legerdemain – radial artery catheterization, subclavian catheter placement, endotracheal intubation, and the like.
In private practice, later as a physician at a VA medical center, and in my subsequent administrative roles, all of those skills atrophied. Alas.
In recent decades, my surgical skills have focused on repairing garden hoses damaged by time, the sun, the weather, and neglect. Today, I had to splice (anastomose) the ends of a leaking hose. Susan caught me in the surgical act – as I relived the glory days of my medical residency.
The anastomosis was successful. 🙂
I got tired of repairing hoses, and started buying the metal coated flexible hoses
Thanks for the tip, John. I’m definitely going to look into acquiring such a hose!
I bought 2. We have so many plants and the hoses are heavy to drag. The metal coated flexible are light and flexible. I have over 500 ft of pvc buried to 5 different water faucets