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Table 2 Background Clinical Characteristics of Patients with versus without Leakage

From: Analysis of risk factors for anastomotic leakage after lower rectal Cancer resection, including drain type: a retrospective single-center study

 

Leakage

Positive (n = 21)

Negative (n = 76)

p-value

Age (years: mean ± SD)

65.81 ± 8.80

63.737 ± 11.2

0.437

Sex (Male/Female)

17 / 4

59 / 17

1

BD (Positive / Negative)

13 / 8

31 / 45

0.136

BMI (kg/m2: mean ± SD)

23.51 ± 2.40

22.38 ± 3.67

0.185

Blood loss (mls: mean ± SD)

325.71 ± 378.3

313.89 ± 388.6

0.886

OP time (mins: mean ± SD)

418.04 ± 89.7

348.01 ± 92.3

0.003

Anast (DST / HS)

8 / 13

51 / 25

0.023

Drain (Open / Close)

9 / 12

47 / 29

0.139

preoperative Alb (g/dL: mean ± SD)

3.91 ± 0.42

3.94 ± 0.48

0.853

Drainage volume (mls: mean ± SD)

688.95 ± 449.9

785.68 ± 452.3

0.387

LLD (+ / -)

3 / 18

12 / 64

1

OP (CAA, ISR / LAR, uLAR)

13 / 8

25 / 51

0.023

Stage (I + II / III + IV)

11 / 10

47 29

0.460

  1. BD basal disease, BMI body mass index, OP operation, Anast anastomosis, DST double-stapling technique, HS hand-sewn, LLD lateral lymph node dissection, CAA coloanal anastomosis, ISR intersphincteric resection, uLAR ultra-low anterior resection, Alb albumin