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. 1981 Jun;193(6):825–830. 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
PMCID: PMC1345181  PMID: 7247526

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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