Fashioning enterotomy closure after totally laparoscopic ileocolic anastomosis for right colon cancer: a multicenter experience.
Marco MiloneU ElmoreM E AllaixP P BianchiA BiondiL BoniU BracaleE CassinottiG CeccarelliF CorcioneD CuccurulloM DegiuliNicolò De ManziniD D'UgoG FormisanoM ManigrassoM MorinoS PalmisanoR PersianiR ReddavidF RondelliN VelottiR RosatiGiovanni Domenico De PalmaPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2019)
Fashioning a stapled ileocolic intracorporeal anastomosis, we can recommend the adoption of a double-layer enterotomy closure using a running barbed suture in the first layer. Totally, stapled closure and robotic assistance have to be considered a non-inferior alternative.