Feasibility and advantages analyses of wedge resection without mesentery detached approach applied to closure of loop ileostomy

Table 3 The incidence and mortality of postoperative complications in the three groups

	Stapler (n = 35, %)	Hand suture (n = 18, %)
Death	0	0
Anastomotic leakage	0	0
Anastomotic bleeding	0	0
Intestinal obstruction	0	0
Postoperative continuous vomiting	0	0
Postoperative abdominal pain and distension^a	0	1 (5.6)
Wound infection	1 (2.9)	0
Postoperative fever (> 38.2 °C)^a	3 (8.6)	4 (22.2)

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