May 22, 2014Open Access

Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after laparoscopic low anterior resection with DST anastomosis

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Using appropriate techniques, laparoscopic LAR with DST anastomosis can be performed safely without increasing the risk of AL. Important risk factors for AL were tumor size and precompression before stapler firings.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69da7fce387cf70698686d15 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-014-3564-0

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