Significance of information obtained during transanal drainage tube placement after anterior resection of colorectal cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It has recently been reported that the placement of a transanal drainage tube after rectal cancer surgery reduces the rate of anastomotic leakage. However, transanal drainage tube cannot completely prevent anastomotic leakage and the management of transanal drainage tube needs to devise. We investigated the information obtained during transanal drainage tube placement and evaluated the relationship between these factors and anastomotic leakage.

Patients and methods

Fifty-one patients who underwent anterior resection of rectal cancer was retrospectively reviewed. transanal drainage tube was placed for more than 5 days after surgery. The daily fecal volume from transanal drainage tube was measured on postoperative day 1-5, and the defecation during transanal drain

SUBMITTER: Okazaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9423657 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature