Table 3. Abdominal complications.

	n (%)	Of these leading to death
Patients with primary anastomosis	132 (100%)
Within 3 months post surgery
Stenosis requiring dilation	8 (6%)	1 (0.8%)
Anastomotic leakage	15 (11.4%)	3 (2.3%)
Recto-vaginal fistula	2 (1.5%)	0
Later than 3 months post surgery
Stenosis requiring dilation	0	0
Anastomotic leakage	0	0
Intestinal leak after closure of stoma	5 (3.8%)	3 (2.3%)
All patients	184 (100%)
Pelvic infection	7 (3.8%)	0
Pelvic bleeding	3 (1.6%)	0
Patients with abdominal and/or pelvic complications	37 (20.1%)	7 (3.8%)