Table 4.

Comparison of previous studies.

Authors	Design	Year	Number of Patients	Anastomotic-Related Complications *
So et al. [34]	Retrospective	2011	6	0
Chen et al. [28]	Retrospective	2017	31	2 (6.45%)
Norero et al. [35]	Retrospective	2017	51	3 (5.88%)
Xu et al. [36]	Retrospective	2017	100	4 (4%)
Yan et al. [37]	Retrospective	2020	44	1 (2.27%)

* Complications = anastomotic leak, anastomotic stricture, bleeding.