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Circular stapler platform and the risk of anastomotic leakage after elective left colectomy and high anterior resection.

Colorectal Dis · 2026 · PMC13434361 · PMID 42548154

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Most comparative studies evaluating two‐row versus three‐row circular staplers have reported either lower anastomotic leakage rates or a numerical trend favouring three‐row devices [ 4 , 5 , 8 , 10 ], although these findings have varied according to study design and methods of confounding adjustment.

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