{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,2]],"date-time":"2026-09-02T05:59:33Z","timestamp":1788328773997,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":25,"publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,3]]},"DOI":"10.7759\/cureus.100676","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,3]],"date-time":"2026-01-03T13:02:10Z","timestamp":1767445330000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Comparing Stapled and Hand-Sutured Colorectal Anastomoses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Cohorts Assessing Short- and Long-Term Complications"],"prefix":"10.7759","author":[{"given":"Hafiz Muhammad","family":"Ijaz Ul Haq","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Imran Gul","family":"Shiekh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Syed Hasan","family":"Raza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12885-025-15138-0","article-title":"Global burden of colorectal cancer in 2022 and projections to 2050: incidence and mortality estimates from GLOBOCAN","volume":"25","author":"Wu S","year":"2025","unstructured":"Wu S, Zhang Y, Lin Z, Wei M. Global burden of colorectal cancer in 2022 and projections to 2050: incidence and mortality estimates from GLOBOCAN. BMC Cancer. 2025, 25:1770. 10.1186\/s12885-025-15138-0","journal-title":"BMC Cancer"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2468-1253(19)30333-4","article-title":"The global, regional, and national burden of inflammatory bowel disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017","volume":"5","year":"2020","unstructured":"The global, regional, and national burden of inflammatory bowel disease in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017. a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020, 5:17-30. 10.1016\/S2468-1253(19)30333-4","journal-title":"Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0041-1735267","article-title":"Anastomotic technique-how to optimize success and minimize leak rates","volume":"34","author":"Man J","year":"2021","unstructured":"Man J, Hrabe J. Anastomotic technique-how to optimize success and minimize leak rates. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2021, 34:371-8. 10.1055\/s-0041-1735267","journal-title":"Clin Colon Rectal Surg"},{"key":"ref4","unstructured":"How serious bowel resection surgery is. risks & recovery. (2025). Accessed: 2025: https:\/\/int.livhospital.com\/how-serious-bowel-resection-surgery-is-risks-amp-recovery\/."},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18203\/2349-2902.isj20173874","article-title":"Stapled versus hand-sewn anastomosis in elective gastrointestinal surgery","volume":"4","author":"Nichkaode PB","year":"2017","unstructured":"Nichkaode PB, Parakh A, Singh S, et al.. Stapled versus hand-sewn anastomosis in elective gastrointestinal surgery. Int Surg J. 2017, 4:2937-42. 10.18203\/2349-2902.isj20173874","journal-title":"Int Surg J"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijsu.2018.08.005","article-title":"Time to rethink surgeon-specific outcome data for colorectal surgeons in England: Cross-sectional data of 73,842 resections for colorectal cancer","volume":"57","author":"Hureibi K","year":"2018","unstructured":"Hureibi K, Evans C, Wong L, Ain Q. Time to rethink surgeon-specific outcome data for colorectal surgeons in England: Cross-sectional data of 73,842 resections for colorectal cancer. Int J Surg. 2018, 57:101-4. 10.1016\/j.ijsu.2018.08.005","journal-title":"Int J Surg"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scrs.2022.100879","article-title":"The science of anastomotic healing","volume":"33","author":"Morgan RB","year":"2022","unstructured":"Morgan RB, Shogan BD. The science of anastomotic healing. Semin Colon Rectal Surg. 2022, 33:10.1016\/j.scrs.2022.100879","journal-title":"Semin Colon Rectal Surg"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scrs.2022.100878","article-title":"Constructing a sound anastomosis","volume":"33","author":"Huang E","year":"2022","unstructured":"Huang E, Suh JH, Wexner SD, et al.. Constructing a sound anastomosis. Semin Colon Rectal Surg. 2022, 33:100878. 10.1016\/j.scrs.2022.100878","journal-title":"Semin Colon Rectal Surg"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3126\/ajms.v15i5.62350","article-title":"Efficacy of staplers compared with conventional hand-sewn anastomosis in gastrointestinal surgery","volume":"15","author":"Arunkumar D","year":"2024","unstructured":"Arunkumar D, Meghan GS, Shivasharan HN, et al.. Efficacy of staplers compared with conventional hand-sewn anastomosis in gastrointestinal surgery. Asian J Med Sci. 2024, 15:248-52. 10.3126\/ajms.v15i5.62350","journal-title":"Asian J Med Sci"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18203\/2349-2902.isj20182054","article-title":"Stapler versus hand-sewn small intestinal anastomosis","volume":"5","author":"Mohamed MA","year":"2018","unstructured":"Mohamed MA, Ahmed ML, Hagag MG, et al.. Stapler versus hand-sewn small intestinal anastomosis. Int Surg J. 2018, 5:2054-8. 10.18203\/2349-2902.isj20182054","journal-title":"Int Surg J"},{"key":"ref11","article-title":"Meta analysis of stapled vs hand-sewn anastomosis in gastrointestinal surgery","volume":"8","author":"Munawar F","year":"2025","unstructured":"Munawar F, AlKhalifa SS, AlTraiki ZA, et al.. Meta analysis of stapled vs hand-sewn anastomosis in gastrointestinal surgery. J Surg Res. 2025, 8:230-3.","journal-title":"J Surg Res"},{"key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0042-1746190","article-title":"Colorectal surgery practice, training, and research in low-resource settings","volume":"35","author":"Chu KM","year":"2022","unstructured":"Chu KM, Bust L, Forgan T. Colorectal surgery practice, training, and research in low-resource settings. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2022, 35:410-6. 10.1055\/s-0042-1746190","journal-title":"Clin Colon Rectal Surg"},{"key":"ref13","unstructured":"The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for assessing the quality of nonrandomised studies in meta-analyses. (2011). Accessed: 2025: https:\/\/ohri.ca\/en\/who-we-are\/core-facilities-and-platforms\/ottawa-methods-centre\/newcastle-ottawa-scale."},{"key":"ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7759\/cureus.71264","article-title":"A comparative study of hand-sewn and stapled anastomosis in gastrointestinal surgeries","volume":"16","author":"Kshirsagar VV","year":"2024","unstructured":"Kshirsagar VV, Himashree MP. A comparative study of hand-sewn and stapled anastomosis in gastrointestinal surgeries. Cureus. 2024, 16:e71264. 10.7759\/cureus.71264","journal-title":"Cureus"},{"key":"ref15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18203\/2349-2902.isj20191064","article-title":"Comparative study between hand-sewn and stapled anastomosis in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy","volume":"6","author":"El-Shakhs SA","year":"2019","unstructured":"El-Shakhs SA, Hafez AS, Ammar MS, Eltoukhy MM. Comparative study between hand-sewn and stapled anastomosis in laparoscopic right hemicolectomy. Int Surg J. 2019, 6:1035-9. 10.18203\/2349-2902.isj20191064","journal-title":"Int Surg J"},{"key":"ref16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.51253\/pafmj.v72i3.6833","article-title":"The comparison of hand-sewn and stapled anastomoses","volume":"72","author":"Hussain T","year":"2022","unstructured":"Hussain T, Jabbar A, Ahmed N, et al.. The comparison of hand-sewn and stapled anastomoses. Pak Armed Forces Med J. 2022, 72:1004-7.","journal-title":"Pak Armed Forces Med J"},{"key":"ref17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12893-024-02410-6","article-title":"Stapled versus hand-sewn anastomoses after bowel resection in patients with crohn disease","volume":"24","author":"Lahes S","year":"2024","unstructured":"Lahes S, Fischer C, Igna D, Jacob P, Glanemann M. Stapled versus hand-sewn anastomoses after bowel resection in patients with crohn disease. BMC Surg. 2024, 24:130. 10.1186\/s12893-024-02410-6","journal-title":"BMC Surg"},{"key":"ref18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10151-025-03219-y","article-title":"Comparing perioperative outcomes of stapled versus handsewn Kono-S anastomosis after ileocolonic resection for Crohn's disease","volume":"29","author":"Benshabat E","year":"2025","unstructured":"Benshabat E, Yuval JB, Leibovitzh H, Hirsch A, Lahat G, Kariv Y, Zemel M. Comparing perioperative outcomes of stapled versus handsewn Kono-S anastomosis after ileocolonic resection for Crohn's disease. Tech Coloproctol. 2025, 29:182. 10.1007\/s10151-025-03219-y","journal-title":"Tech Coloproctol"},{"key":"ref19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4103\/ejs.ejs_280_23","article-title":"Bowel anastomosis in emergency intestinal surgery\u2014hand-sewn versus stapler: a comparative study","volume":"43","author":"Abdelaziz AA","year":"2024","unstructured":"Abdelaziz AA, Erfan MA, Elian MA, et al.. Bowel anastomosis in emergency intestinal surgery\u2014hand-sewn versus stapler: a comparative study. Egypt J Surg. 2024, 43:153-6. 10.4103\/ejs.ejs_280_23","journal-title":"Egypt J Surg"},{"key":"ref20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5005\/jp-journals-10018-1308","article-title":"Stapled vs conventional hand-sewn gastrointestinal anastomosis during infancy: a prospective comparative study from Central India","volume":"10","author":"Mitra AS","year":"2020","unstructured":"Mitra AS, Chandak U, Kulkarni KK, Nagdive N, Saoji R, Tiwari C. Stapled vs conventional hand-sewn gastrointestinal anastomosis during infancy: a prospective comparative study from Central India. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol. 2020, 10:11-5. 10.5005\/jp-journals-10018-1308","journal-title":"Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol"},{"key":"ref21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00595-016-1321-9","article-title":"Is \"functional end-to-end anastomosis\" really functional? A review of the literature on stapled anastomosis using linear staplers","volume":"47","author":"Kano M","year":"2017","unstructured":"Kano M, Hanari N, Gunji H, Hayano K, Hayashi H, Matsubara H. Is \"functional end-to-end anastomosis\" really functional? A review of the literature on stapled anastomosis using linear staplers. Surg Today. 2017, 47:1-7. 10.1007\/s00595-016-1321-9","journal-title":"Surg Today"},{"key":"ref22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10620-014-3039-0","article-title":"Stapled side-to-side anastomosis might be better than handsewn end-to-end anastomosis in ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease: a meta-analysis","volume":"59","author":"He X","year":"2014","unstructured":"He X, Chen Z, Huang J, Lian L, Rouniyar S, Wu X, Lan P. Stapled side-to-side anastomosis might be better than handsewn end-to-end anastomosis in ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease: a meta-analysis. Dig Dis Sci. 2014, 59:1544-51. 10.1007\/s10620-014-3039-0","journal-title":"Dig Dis Sci"},{"key":"ref23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00268-013-1928-6","article-title":"Comparing outcomes between side-to-side anastomosis and other anastomotic configurations after intestinal resection for patients with Crohn's disease: a meta-analysis","volume":"37","author":"Guo Z","year":"2013","unstructured":"Guo Z, Li Y, Zhu W, Gong J, Li N, Li J. Comparing outcomes between side-to-side anastomosis and other anastomotic configurations after intestinal resection for patients with Crohn's disease: a meta-analysis. World J Surg. 2013, 37:893-901. 10.1007\/s00268-013-1928-6","journal-title":"World J Surg"},{"key":"ref24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/MDER.S67338","article-title":"Surgical stapling device-tissue interactions: what surgeons need to know to improve patient outcomes","volume":"7","author":"Chekan E","year":"2014","unstructured":"Chekan E, Whelan RL. Surgical stapling device-tissue interactions: what surgeons need to know to improve patient outcomes. Med Devices (Auckl). 2014, 7:305-18. 10.2147\/MDER.S67338","journal-title":"Med Devices (Auckl)"},{"key":"ref25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surg.2020.12.030","article-title":"End-to-end versus end-to-side anastomosis for low anterior resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials","volume":"170","author":"McKechnie T","year":"2021","unstructured":"McKechnie T, Sharma S, Daniel R, Eskicioglu C. End-to-end versus end-to-side anastomosis for low anterior resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Surgery. 2021, 170:397-404. 10.1016\/j.surg.2020.12.030","journal-title":"Surgery"}],"container-title":["Cureus"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cureus.com\/articles\/450307-comparing-stapled-and-hand-sutured-colorectal-anastomoses-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis-of-observational-cohorts-assessing-short--and-long-term-complications","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,3]],"date-time":"2026-01-03T13:02:11Z","timestamp":1767445331000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cureus.com\/articles\/450307-comparing-stapled-and-hand-sutured-colorectal-anastomoses-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis-of-observational-cohorts-assessing-short--and-long-term-complications"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,3]]},"references-count":25,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7759\/cureus.100676","relation":{},"ISSN":["2168-8184"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2168-8184","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,3]]}}}