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. 1981 Jun;193(6):825-30.
doi: 10.1097/00000658-198106000-00019.

EEA stapler and omental graft in esophagogastrectomy: experience with 30 intrathoracic anastomoses for cancer

F Fekete, P Breil, H Ronsse, J C Tossen, F Langonnet

EEA stapler and omental graft in esophagogastrectomy: experience with 30 intrathoracic anastomoses for cancer

F Fekete et al. Ann Surg. 1981 Jun.

Abstract

Experience with the EEA stapler device used in 30 esophagogastric resections for cancer with intrathoracic anastomosis, is reported. The mortality rate was 13.3%. The anastomotic failure rate was 3.3% (1/30) with only one death; three asymptomatic blind fistulas were found on a routine contrast examination of the anastomosis. It is felt that esophagogastric EEA stapled anastomosis associated with an omental graft is a very safe technique.

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