Table 2.
Compression anastomosis: clinical experience and complications
| Study | Device | Emergency/elective | Anastomotic leakage | Obstruction | Stricture |
| Bubrick et al[34] | BAR | 0/395 | 12 (3.2%) | 18 (5%) | - |
| Cahill et al[35] | BAR | 0/101 | 2 (2%) | 4 (4%) | - |
| Corman et al[36] | BAR | 0/222 | 6 (2.7%) | 9 (4%) | 2 (0.9%) |
| Gullichsen et al[37] | BAR | - | - | 13 (16%) | - |
| Seow-Choen et al[39] | BAR | - | 0 | 0 | 2 (10%) |
| Di Castro et al[49] | BAR | 90/424 | 17 | 0 | 4 (1%) |
| Thiede et al[33] | BAR | 0/1360 | 34 (2.5%) | - | - |
| Pahlman et al[38] | BAR | 24/26 | 2 (4%) | 3 (6%) | - |
| Ghitulescu et al[53] | BAR | 23/136 | 7 (4.2%) | 13 (7.9%) | 3 (1.8%) |
| Kim et al[45] | BAR | 101/515 | 5 (0.8%) | 13 (2.1%) | 1 (0.5%) |
| Wullstein et al[40] | AKA-2 | 70/372 | 11 (2.5%) | - | 2 (0.5%) |
| Nudelman et al[43] | CAC | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nudelman et al[42] | CAC | 0/30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nudelamn et al[44] | CAC | 0/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liu et al[59] | CAC | 0/33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |