Choledochojejunostomy with an innovative magnetic compressive anastomosis: How to determine optimal pressure?

Table 1 Magnetic force of magnet pairs at the distance of 0 mm, 2 mm or 4 mm

Separation (mm)	Outside diameter of biliary - enteric magnet pairs (mm)
	6-10	6-11	7-10	6-11
0	8.86 ± 0.14	8.24 ± 0.46	14.63 ± 0.24	13.79 ± 0.06
2	4.06 ± 0.07	4.04 ± 0.16	5.82 ± 0.09	6.01 ± 0.05
4	2.15 ± 0.03	2.30 ± 0.06	2.99 ± 0.05	3.27 ± 0.04

Table 2 Postoperative outcomes of dogs and stoma molding time

Group	n	Complications, n	Death, n	Anastomotic molding time (d), mean ± SD
A	6	4	3	9.3 ± 0.6
B	6	0	0	6.3 ± 0.82
C	6	0	0	4.5 ± 0.84
D	4	4	4	/
E	4	1	0	/