Complications and treatment of stapled anastomosis for gastrointestinal surgery        CHEN Lin*，BIAN Shi-bo. *Department of General Surgery, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100853, China
Corresponding author: CHEN Lin, E-mail: chenlinbj@vip.sina.com
Abstract    Staplers have been used widely in anastomosis for gastrointestinal surgery. The recent meta-analysis showed that stapled anastomosis was associated with shorter operating time and lower incidences of complications than hand-sewn anastomosis, being beneficial for patients. However, doctors can not avoid anastomotic complications. Patients have worse prognosis with complications. Anastomotic leakage, stricture and bleeding are the main complications after stapled anastomosis. The definition, risk factors, prevention and treatment of three complications above should be introduced to the surgeons. Stapled anastomosis can’t replace the hand-sewn anastomosis completely.