create intestinal anastomosis. Our study was designed to evaluate the clinical value of BAR
in intestinal anastomosis. Methods A total of 167 patients performed intestinal anastomosis
from January 2002 to February 2006 were randomized to BAR group (n= 82) and manual
suture group (n= 85) as control. They were equally allocated to the two groups regarding
sex, age, site of anastomosis, emergent or elective surgery and contaminant diseases. The …