Table 6.
Previous reports of intracorporeal anastomosis using linear stapler in LATG
| Authors | Year | Number of patients | Body mass index (kg/m 2) | Mortality | Operation time (min) | Time to perform anastomosis (min) | Blood loss (ml) | Hospitalization (days) | Complications | Anastomotic stenosis | Anastomotic leakage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional end-to-end anastomosis | |||||||||||
| [34] | 1999 | 2 | — | 0% | 595 | — | 367.5 | 29.5 | — | 0% | 0% |
| [35] | 2002 | 3 | — | 33% | — | — | — | — | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| [36] | 2008 | 4 | — | 0% | 381 | 86 | 313 | 11 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| [37] | 2008 | 14 | — | 0% | 255.1 | 42.5 | 107.5 | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| [38] | 2009 | 15 | 20.8 | 0% | 325 | — | 195 | 11 | 13% | 0% | 0% |
| [39] | 2009 | 55 | — | 0% | 406 | — | 102 | 17 | 33 | — | 3.6% |
| [40] | 2010 | 56 | — | 1.5% | 249 | 44 | — | 12.4 | 29% | 3% | 6% |
| [41] | 2012 | 27 | 24.6 | 0% | 126 | — | — | 8.1 | 11% | 0% | 0% |
| [42] | 2013 | 65 | 23.5 | 1.5% | 271.5 | — | 85.2 | 21.4 | 15.4% | 4.6% | 0% |
| Overlap method | |||||||||||
| [43] | 2010 | 53 | 22.0 | 0% | 373.4 | — | 146.5 | 14.4 | 24.5% | 0% | 3.8% |
| [44] | 2012 | 15 | 21.7 | 0% | 236.4 | — | 51.2 | 13.5 | 16% | 0% | 0% |
| This study | 2013 | 77 | 22.4 | 0% | 391.4 | 36.3 | 146.9 | 13.4 | 13% | 1% | 0% |
—, not recorded.