Comparison of hand-sewn and stapled anastomoses in surgeries of gastrointestinal tumors based on clinical practice of China

Table 2 Comparison of complication occurrence between the manual and stapled anastomosis groups after surgery

Anastomotic methods	Gastric carcinoma					Colorectal cancer					Esophageal cancer
Anastomotic methods	S-lE	A-lE^a	A-HH^a	PS-ICU	Total	S-lE^a	A-lE^a	A-HH^a	PS-ICU	Total	A-lE	A-HH^a	PS-ICU	Total
Manual procedure	7	11	12	10	74	15	14	16	18	97	4	6	7	32
Stapler suture	4	6	6	8	104	8	8	10	23	128	4	4	8	64

^aIndicates P < 0.05. The Abbreviations: S-lE (stump leakage), A-lE (anastomotic leakage), A-HH (anastomotic hemorrhage), and PS-ICU (post-surgery-ICU).

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