Short-term outcomes associated with the use of a new powered circular stapler for rectal reconstructions: a retrospective study comparing it to manual circular staplers using inverse probability of treatment weight analysis
Abstract Background The most common postoperative complication in malignant rectal surgery is anastomotic leakage (AL). AL after anterior or low anterior resection in rectal tumors is a fatal postoperative complication. Recently, the first automated suture circular stapler, which is expected to redu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-10-01
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Series: | BMC Surgery |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-02218-w |