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. 2007 Mar 21;5:35. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-35

Table 2.

Patient outcomes intra operative

Outcome Single staple technique Double staple technique
Covering stoma** 51/78 (65.4%) 62/138 (45.0%)
Blood loss Data not available 300 cc # (50–1800)
Blood replaced (units/case) Data not available 0.3 (0–4 units)

*Statistically not significant (p = 0.12)

**Statistically significant difference (p = 0.006)

# Median used due to the large standard deviation