Different clinical features according to the anastomotic leakage subtypes after rectal cancer surgeries: contained vs. free leakages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anastomotic leakage can be classified by free and contained leakage according to clinical manifestations. The risk factors and their comparison between these leakage subtypes are uncertain. This study aims to evaluate anastomotic leakage patterns and to compare clinical features between free and contained leakages after low anterior resection for rectal cancer.

Materials and methods

Between January 2005 and December 2012, a total of 2035 consecutive patients who underwent low anterior resection for primary rectal cancer were evaluated retrospectively at two-tertiary referral centers. The primary end points of this study were to assess detailed clinical features among leakage subtypes. The secondary end point was to compare risk factors between free and contained l

SUBMITTER: Park EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6291156 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature