Summary and Conclusions
Forty consecutive anterior resections using TA stapler were studied. No mortality, no clinical leak, and no infection were encountered in this group. The stapler is recommended as an aid in simplifying the operation and lessening the operative time.
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Read at the joint meeting of the Section of Proctology, Royal Society of Medicine, the Section of Colonic and Rectal Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Washington, D. C., May 22 to 25, 1974.
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Ferguson, E.F., Houston, C.H. Simplified anterior resection: Use of the TA stapler. Dis Colon Rectum 18, 311–318 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587393
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02587393