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Table 1. Summarizes data from early randomized trials.

	# Patients	Type of anastomosis	Anastomotic leak (drain) (%)	Anastomotic leak (no drain) (%)	Wound infection (drain) (%)	Wound infection (no drain) (%)
Sagar et al²	148	Colorectal	11.0	6.0	15.0	6.0
Johnson et al²⁶	106	Colonic	12.2	10.5	20.4	17.5
Hoffman at el⁴	70	Colonic	3.5	3.3	14.2	6.6