From: WSES guidelines on blunt and penetrating bowel injury: diagnosis, investigations, and treatment
Study
Anastomosis in trauma patients (n)
Location/mechanism
Leak (n)/handsewn (n) (%)
Leak (n)/stapled (n) (%)
P
Brundage [108]
289
SB and colon /BAT and PAT
0/114 (0)
7/175 (4)
0.04
Demetriades [107]
207
Colon/PAT
11/128 (8%)
4/79 (6%)
0.3
Witzke [109]
254
SB/BAT and PAT
0/145
0/79
ns
Kirkpatrick [106]
127
SB
1/38
3/64