title: Simple technique for anvil insertion in stapled circular colorectal anastomoses.
abstract: The benefits of circular stapling devices are obvious. The introduction of staplers with detachable anvils has simplified the stapling procedure even more than the original instruments. A simple technique for placing the anvil and pursestring are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Dobriner
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoexter
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Labow
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Moseson
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*; D013528:Surgical Staplers