title: The yet-to-be discovered mechanism of anastomotic leakage-comment to: Lack of evidence for tissue hypoxia as a contributing factor in anastomotic leak following colon anastomosis and segmental devascularization in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G S A
authors.initials: GSA
authors.lastname: Boersema
authors.affiliation: Ward I of Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China. wuzhouqiao@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Zhouqiao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D057868:Anastomotic Leak; D000818:Animals; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery; D000860:Hypoxia; D051381:Rats