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. 2012 Feb 3;27(6):765–772. doi: 10.1007/s00384-011-1381-7

Table 4.

Outcome

Total cohort (n = 285) Cases with leakage (n = 15) Cases without leakage (n = 270) P value
Development complicationsa 101 (35.4%) 14 (93.3%) 87 (32.2%) <0.001
Hospital stay (days) 10 ± 11 29 ± 24 9 ± 9 <0.001
Mortality 4 (1.4%) 2 (13.3%) 2 (0.7%) 0.015

aOther than anastomotic leak: pneumonia, anaphylactic or septic shock, bleeding, wound infection, abscesses, oedema, bladder dysfunction, gastric perforation