Postoperative complications after stapled and hand-sewn ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for familial adenomatous polyposis: A multicenter study.

Although showing a clear trend, the difference did not reach statistical significance ( P =.13).

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Some studies found higher incidence of septic complications, fistula and anastomotic stricture after hand‐sewn IPAA, 5 , 9 , 12 whereas other studies showed a trend toward higher incidence of overall complications and stricture after stapled IPAA. 13 , 14 Importantly, most of the previous studies included patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) rather than patients with FAP 5 , 8 , 14 , 15 although the complication rates were different between such patients. 5 ,

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