The use of a compression device as an alternative to hand-sewn and stapled colorectal anastomoses: Is three a crowd?

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-310

  Buchberg, Brian S ^a   Masoomi, Hossein ^a   Bergman, Herlinda ^a   Mills, Steven D ^a   Stamos, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Anastomotic leak; Colorectal; Compression; Nitinol; Stricture

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; NITINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOYS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COLON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM;

EID: 79851509486     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-010-1376-7     Document Type: Article

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