[Comparison of stapling techniques and knot-like sutures in intestinal anastomosis].

The authors analysed the most common complications in patients after gastrointestinal tract resections. Based on own ten-year clinical practice in stapling technique the complication rate was described including anastomosis insufficiency and stenosis, anastomosis line bleeding, wound infection, and cardio-pulmonary disorders in 636 patients. The observations were compared to standard knot anastomosis in 183 patients. Based on complication analysis the conclusion was drawn, that stapling technique decreases both general and local complication rate of gastrointestinal anastomoses. The use of mechanical suturing technique increases patient survival chance, decreases duration of hospitalisation, and, above all, allows to avoid permanent disability.