Table 4.
Postoperative outcomes by the type of anastomotic intestine.
| Overall | IC | CC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA (n=113) | EA (n=113) | P value | IA (n=92) | EA (n=91) | P value | IA (n=21) | EA (n=22) | P | |
| Postoperative complications, n (%) | |||||||||
| Overall | 18 (15.9) | 34 (30.1) | 0.02 | 13 (14.1) | 21 (23.1) | 0.13 | 5 (23.8) | 13 (59.1) | 0.03 |
| Wound infection | 8 (7.1) | 10 (8.8) | 1.00 | 7 (7.6) | 9 (9.9) | 0.61 | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.5) | 1.00 |
| Intra-abdominal abscess | 1 (0.9) | 3 (2.7) | 0.62 | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 0.25 | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.5) | 1.00 |
| Anastomotic leakage | 1 (0.9) | 4 (3.5) | 0.37 | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 0.62 | 0 | 2 (9.1) | 0.49 |
| Ileus | 3 (2.7) | 6 (5.3) | 0.50 | 3 (3.3) | 4 (4.4) | 0.72 | 0 | 2 (9.1) | 0.49 |
| Bowel obstruction | 1 (0.9) | 3 (2.7) | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 (4.8) | 3 (13.6) | 0.61 |
| Anastomotic bleeding | 1 (0.9) | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 (4.8) | 0 | 1.00 |
| Urinary tract infection | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.8) | 1.00 | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 1.00 | 0 | 1 (4.5) | 1.00 |
| Chylous ascites | 0 | 2 (1.8) | 1.00 | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 1.00 | 0 | 1 (4.5) | 1.00 |
| Others | 2 (1.8) | 4 (3.5) | 0.22 | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 0.62 | 1 (4.8) | 2 (9.1) | 1.00 |
| Clavien–Dindo classification, n (%) | |||||||||
| Grade 1 | 8 (7.1) | 12 (10.6) | 0.19 | 6 (6.5) | 9 (9.9) | 0.43 | 2 (9.5) | 3 (13.6) | 1.00 |
| Grade 2 | 9 (8.0) | 16 (14.2) | 0.20 | 7 (7.6) | 10 (11.0) | 0.46 | 2 (9.5) | 6 (27.3) | 0.24 |
| Grade 3 | 1 (0.9) | 6 (5.3) | 0.12 | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 0.25 | 1 (4.8) | 4 (18.2) | 0.35 |
| Grade 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Grade 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Length of hospital stay, daysa | 8 (5–23) | 8 (5–52) | 0.46 | 8 (5–19) | 8 (6–33) | 0.37 | 9 (7–23) | 10 (5–52) | 0.14 |
| Mortality, n (%) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
a
Median (range).
CC, colocolic anastomosis; EA, extracorporeal anastomosis; IA, intracorporeal anastomosis; IC, ileocolic anastomosis.