Integrity of low colorectal EEA-stapled anastomosis
- 1 August 1981
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 68 (8), 539-540
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800680806
Abstract
Summary: Anastomotic integrity after a low colorectal EEA-stapled anastomosis performed for cancer was assessed by a contrast enema in 30 patients. There was an overall 20 per cent radiological anastomotic leakage rate. The leakage rate in the last 10 cases, however, was zero. This indicates that increased familiarity with the technique results in fewer complications.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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