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Single vs. double stapling technique in colorectal surgery

A prospective randomized trial

  • 1990 Isucrs Meeting Papers
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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Abstract

Seventy patients after rectosigmoid resection were randomized to a rectal anastomosis either in the single or double stapling technique. There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups. A trend in favor of the double stapling technique was noted: 2.8 percent clinical leaks vs.8.6 percent in the single stapling technique.

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  1. 2nd Surgical Department, Landeskrankenhaus, Salzburg, Austria

    Erich Moritz M.D., Dietmar Achleitner M.D., Nikolaus Hölbling M.D., Karl Miller M.D., Thomas Speil M.D. & Franz Weber M.D.

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Read at the XIIIth Biennial Congress of the International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Graz, Austria, June 24 to 28, 1990.

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Moritz, E., Achleitner, D., Hölbling, N. et al. Single vs. double stapling technique in colorectal surgery. Dis Colon Rectum 34, 495–497 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02049936

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