title: A comparison of stapled and hand-sewn anastomoses in Crohn's disease.
abstract: Sixty-eight patients with Crohn's disease who underwent intestinal resection were randomly divided into 2 groups: the stapled group (32 patients, 40 anastomoses) with functional end-to-end anastomoses made with linear staplers and with circular stapling anastomoses, and the hand-sewn group (36 patients, 48 anastomoses), with anastomoses achieved by layer-to-layer suturing. There were no significant differences in operative indications, age, sex, blood loss, or length of hospital stay between the groups. The operation times for right hemicolectomy and total colectomy in the stapled group were significantly shorter than those in the hand-sewn group. There were no significant differences in anastomotic dehiscence or recurrence between the stapling and hand-sewn procedures. These results indicate that these stapling techniques, even though producing an everted anastomosis, are not an adverse procedure for Crohn's disease.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yanagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013528:Surgical Staplers; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome