Abstract

The EEA stapler was used in 205 patients over a 7 year period with 19 complications (9 percent) and 1 death (0.5 percent). Meticulous attention to technique and familiarization with the EEA stapler are necessary to achieve such results. The use of mechanical and oral antibiotic bowel preparation, perioperative systemic antibiotics, povidone-iodine irrigation of the rectal ampulla, and meticulous surgical technique have combined to lower the complication rate of this procedure to a minimum. The EEA stapler has greatly improved the safety and ease of anterior sigmoid resections and now provides a frequent alternative to abdominoperineal resection in many patients with midrectal and even low rectal lesions.

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