Perioperative red cell transfusion.
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Blood Transfusion, Autologous↗
Biomedical subjects
R B Reiling
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An American College of Surgeons response to the ODHS survey.
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Fees, Medical↗
Prospective controlled study of gastrointestinal stapled anastomoses.
A controlled prospective study was carried out in a university-affiliated community hospital to evaluate the use of gastrointestinal staples compared with conventional sutures for anastomotic construction. The study included 100 randomized cases (50 sutured and 50 stapled) requiring anastomoses. Consecutive patients were accepted into the study, and no patients were excluded. There was no significant difference between the two groups in operating room time or the duration of postoperative hospitalization, nasogastric intubation or intravenous intubation. The complication rate was similar and comparable to previously published results. On three occasions, it was necessary during operation to convert from the use of staples to sutures when immediate disruption was noted at a gastroduodenal anastomosis.
Adolescent↗
Staplers in gastrointestinal surgery.
Although gastrointestinal staplers have a definite place in surgery because they are safe and effective, their distinct advantages are not clear cut. Surgeons in training should be accomplished in conventional suturing techniques before learning stapler techniques for similar anastomoses.
Digestive System Surgical Procedures↗