title: Complications of anterior resection of the rectum using the EEA stapling device.
abstract: Fifty patients had anterior resection of the rectum performed with end-to-end anastomosis using the EEA stapling device. The instrument certainly facilitated low anastomoses, but anastomotic dehiscence occurred in 3 cases, stenosis in 2, wound sepsis in 10, some degree os incontinence (usually only temporary) in 7 and anal fissure in 4 cases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors