Hand-Sewn Versus Stapled Oesophago-gastric Anastomosis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 876-884

  Markar, Sheraz R ^a   Karthikesalingam, Alan ^b   Vyas, Soumil ^a   Hashemi, Majid ^a   Winslet, Mark ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Gastric; Oesophageal; Stapled; Sutured

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STOMACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; STOMACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955482873     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1426-9     Document Type: Review

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