Recalled stapler device, high complication rate, non validated scoring system and misquote from the STARR surgeons

U Grossi^{1

2}, M Mercer-Jones³, G L Di Tanna⁴, C H Knowles⁵

Affiliations

¹ Tertiary Referral Pelvic Floor and Incontinence Centre, Regional Hospital Treviso, Treviso, Italy. grossiugo@gmail.com.
² National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, Centre for Surgery and Trauma, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. grossiugo@gmail.com.
³ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Gateshead Health Foundation Trust, Gateshead, UK.
⁴ Statistics Division, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, Centre for Surgery and Trauma, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

Comment

U Grossi et al. Tech Coloproctol. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;23(10):1017-1018.

doi: 10.1007/s10151-019-02068-w. Epub 2019 Aug 26.

U Grossi^{1

2}, M Mercer-Jones³, G L Di Tanna⁴, C H Knowles⁵

¹ Tertiary Referral Pelvic Floor and Incontinence Centre, Regional Hospital Treviso, Treviso, Italy. grossiugo@gmail.com.
² National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, Centre for Surgery and Trauma, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. grossiugo@gmail.com.
³ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Gateshead Health Foundation Trust, Gateshead, UK.
⁴ Statistics Division, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, Centre for Surgery and Trauma, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.

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Stapled transanal rectal resection for the treatment of rectocele associated with obstructed defecation syndrome: a large series of 262 consecutive patients.
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