From: Comparison of hand-sewn and stapled anastomoses in surgeries of gastrointestinal tumors based on clinical practice of China
Tumor types
Anastomotic methods
Number of cases
The normal time for liquid diet after surgery (day) ( x ¯ ±SD)
t- value
P- value
Esophageal cancer
Manual procedure
32
8.38 ± 3.11
0.607
> 0.05
Stapler suture
64
8.02 ± 1.77