title: [Indications for mechanical anastomoses].
abstract: The author critically reviews indications, advantages and disadvantages of EEA staplers in colo-rectal surgery, basing on literature and personal experience. According with the overwhelming majority of scholars, the authors states that the applications of the EEA stapler represent a remarkable advance in the specific field making operations easier and safer.
mesh_terms: D003106:Colon / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Indications des anastomoses mécaniques.