Reply to Letter: "Is There No Significant Difference in the Incidence of Anastomotic Leakage Between the Hand-sewn and Mechanical Esophagogastric Anastomosis?"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan Department of General Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan Department of Data Science, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan Departments of Health Promotion and Human Behavior and of Clinical, Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan michitaka.honda@jfcr.or.jp.

Comment

Michitaka Honda et al. Ann Surg. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;262(2):e81-2.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000593.

¹ Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan Department of General Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan Department of Data Science, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan Departments of Health Promotion and Human Behavior and of Clinical, Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan michitaka.honda@jfcr.or.jp.

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Comment on

Hand-sewn versus mechanical esophagogastric anastomosis after esophagectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Honda M, Kuriyama A, Noma H, Nunobe S, Furukawa TA. Honda M, et al. Ann Surg. 2013 Feb;257(2):238-48. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826d4723. Ann Surg. 2013. PMID: 23001084
Is There No Significant Difference in the Incidence of Anastomotic Leakage Between the Hand-sewn and Mechanical Esophagogastric Anastomosis?
Liu QX, Dai JG. Liu QX, et al. Ann Surg. 2015 Aug;262(2):e81. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000592. Ann Surg. 2015. PMID: 24577327 No abstract available.