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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2012 Jul 25;181(2):293–299. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.07.011

Table 3.

Description of patients with anastomotic leak by primary colon management strategy.

No. Primary repair Anastomosis Ostomy Location of leak Day of leak Colon anastomosis leak Defunctionalized colon anastomosis leak
GROUP 1
1 —

  1. SB → SB (staple)

  2. Transverse colon → colon (suture)

 Transverse colon Transverse colon → colon anastomosis (suture) 9 Yes No
2

  1. Duodenum

  2. SB

  3. Transverse colon

 SB → ascending colon (staple) — 1. SB → ascending colon anastomosis (staple) 8 Yes No
3 —

  1. SB → SB (staple)

  2. Transverse colon → colon (staple)

 — 2. SB primary repair Transverse colon → colon anastomosis (staple) 8 Yes No
4 SB Transverse colon → colon (staple) — Transverse colon → colon anastomosis (staple) 10 Yes No
5 Duodenum

  1. SB → SB (staple)

  2. Ascending colon → colon (staple)

 — Duodenum primary repair 11 No No
6 Stomach Descending colon → colon (staple) — Stomach primary repair 15 No No
GROUP 2
1 Duodenum

  1. Stomach → SB (staple)

  2. SB → ascending colon (staple)

  3. Descending colon → colon (staple)

 Ascending colon Stomach → SB anastomosis (staple) 1 No No
2 — SB → SB (suture) Transverse colon SB → SB anastomosis (suture) 4 No No
3 — SB/ascending colon (suture) SB SB → ascending colon anastomosis (suture) 6 Yes Yes
4 —

  1. SB → SB (staple)

  2. SB → SB (staple)

  3. SB → descending colon (staple)

 SB

  1. SB → descending colon anastomosis (staple)

  2. SB → SB anastomosis (staple)

 2 Yes Yes
5

  1. SB

  2. SB

 SB → SB (suture) Ascending colon SB → SB anastomosis (suture) 11 No No