Risk of anastomotic leakage with two-row versus three-row manual circular staplers in colorectal anastomosis: a U.S. cohort study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study utilized a secondary source of de‐identified data—Premier Healthcare Database (PHD). In the US, retrospective analyses of the PHD data are considered exempt from informed consent and institutional review board (IRB) approval as dictated by Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 46 of the United States, specifically 45 CFR 46.101(b)(4). Competing interestsJohnson & Johnson, which is the designer of the device, funded the study and the authors are either employees or research fellow of Johnson & Johnson or contractors funded by Johnson & Johnson at the time of the conduct of the study. Competing interests Johnson & Johnson, which is the designer of the device, funded the study and the authors are either employees or research fellow of Johnson & Johnson or contractors funded by Johnson & Johnson at the time of the conduct of the study."

"Declarations: Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study utilized a secondary source of de‐identified data—Premier Healthcare Database (PHD). In the US, retrospective analyses of the PHD data are considered exempt from informed consent and institutional review board (IRB) approval as dictated by Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 46 of the United States, specifically 45 CFR 46.101(b)(4).: Competing interestsJohnson & Johnson, which is the designer of the device, funded the study and the authors are either employees or research fellow of Johnson & Johnson or contractors funded by Johnson & Johnson at the time of the conduct of the study. Competing interests: Johnson & Johnson, which is the designer of the device, funded the study and the authors are either employees or research fellow of Johnson & Johnson or contractors funded by Johnson & Johnson at the time of the conduct of the study."