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Time for hand-sewn anastomosis again? Comments on risk factors for anastomotic leak and postoperative morbidity and mortality after elective right colectomy for cancer: results from a prospective, multicentric study of 1102 patients

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  1. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Fu-Cheng Road #52, Haidian District, 100142, Beijing, China

    Zhouqiao Wu & Jiafu Ji

  2. Department of Surgery, Academic Colorectal Center, Havenziekenhuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Johan Lange

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Wu, Z., Lange, J. & Ji, J. Time for hand-sewn anastomosis again? Comments on risk factors for anastomotic leak and postoperative morbidity and mortality after elective right colectomy for cancer: results from a prospective, multicentric study of 1102 patients. Int J Colorectal Dis 31, 1485–1486 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-016-2533-6

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