PURPOSES: Anastomotic leakage is one of the major complications occurring after anterior resection of rectum. A defunctioning stoma is usually created routinely or on surgeons’ discretion. The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of temporary ileostomy to prevent anastomotic leakage comparing the postoperative course of patients with and without defunctioning loop ileostomy. METHODS: Patients that underwent anterior resection of rectum were recruited. 140 patients were enrolled and divided in two groups: patients without and with defunctioning loop ileostomy. Patients’ characteristics and other useful data were recorded. A comparison between the two groups was made. The minimum follow-up was 11 months. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: 18.6% of patients had a symptomatic anastomotic leakage. We observed more anastomotic leakages after medium-low resections of rectum with anastomosis than after resections with high anastomosis (15.7% vs 2.9%; p=0.03). There were no significant differences in overall and related mortality between patients without/with ileostomy. The presence of ileostomy was not protective towards anastomotic leakage either in the medium-low resections or in the high ones but it was towards its consequences such as clinical features. Nevertheless we found a statistically significative difference between recurrence rate of leakage in patients with and without ileostomy (p-Value=0.009).

Salamone, G., Licari, L., Agrusa, A., Romano, G., Cocorullo, G., Falco, N., et al. (2016). Usefulness of ileostomy defunctioning stoma after anterior resection of rectum on prevention of anastomotic leakage A retrospective analysis. ANNALI ITALIANI DI CHIRURGIA, 87(2), 155-160.

Usefulness of ileostomy defunctioning stoma after anterior resection of rectum on prevention of anastomotic leakage A retrospective analysis

SALAMONE, Giuseppe;LICARI, Leo
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AGRUSA, Antonino;ROMANO, Giorgio;COCORULLO, Gianfranco;FALCO, Nicolo';TUTINO, Roberta;GULOTTA, Gaspare
2016-01-01

Abstract

PURPOSES: Anastomotic leakage is one of the major complications occurring after anterior resection of rectum. A defunctioning stoma is usually created routinely or on surgeons’ discretion. The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of temporary ileostomy to prevent anastomotic leakage comparing the postoperative course of patients with and without defunctioning loop ileostomy. METHODS: Patients that underwent anterior resection of rectum were recruited. 140 patients were enrolled and divided in two groups: patients without and with defunctioning loop ileostomy. Patients’ characteristics and other useful data were recorded. A comparison between the two groups was made. The minimum follow-up was 11 months. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: 18.6% of patients had a symptomatic anastomotic leakage. We observed more anastomotic leakages after medium-low resections of rectum with anastomosis than after resections with high anastomosis (15.7% vs 2.9%; p=0.03). There were no significant differences in overall and related mortality between patients without/with ileostomy. The presence of ileostomy was not protective towards anastomotic leakage either in the medium-low resections or in the high ones but it was towards its consequences such as clinical features. Nevertheless we found a statistically significative difference between recurrence rate of leakage in patients with and without ileostomy (p-Value=0.009).
2016
Salamone, G., Licari, L., Agrusa, A., Romano, G., Cocorullo, G., Falco, N., et al. (2016). Usefulness of ileostomy defunctioning stoma after anterior resection of rectum on prevention of anastomotic leakage A retrospective analysis. ANNALI ITALIANI DI CHIRURGIA, 87(2), 155-160.
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