Recalled stapler device, high complication rate, non validated scoring system and misquote from the STARR surgeons

Affiliations

• ¹ Tertiary Referral Pelvic Floor and Incontinence Centre, Regional Hospital Treviso, Treviso, Italy. [email protected].
• ² National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, Centre for Surgery and Trauma, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. [email protected].
• ³ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Gateshead Health Foundation Trust, Gateshead, UK.
• ⁴ Statistics Division, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
• ⁵ National Bowel Research Centre, Blizard Institute, Centre for Surgery and Trauma, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.