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. 2015 Aug 15;8(8):13045–13055.

Table 3.

Rate of anastomotic leakage in patients with or without diverting stoma in LAR studies

Author Year Study Design Patients (n) Anastomotic Leakage AL Requiring Laparotomy


DS (%) Non-DS (%) P DS (%) Non-DS (%) P
Law WI 2000 Prospective 196 5 (4.85%) 15 (16.13%) .009 0 (0%) 10 (10.75%) < .001
Nesbakken A 2001 - 92 5 (17.24%) 12 (19.05%) .835 1 (3.45%) 11 (17.46%) .063
Z’graggen K 2001 - 41 3 (7.32%) - 1 (2.44%) -
Ho YH 2002 - 88 7 (7.95%) - 1 (1.14%) -
Leester B 2002 Retrospective 249 7 (9.46%) 9 (5.14%) .204 0 (0%) 8 (4.57%) .061
Marusch F 2002 Prospective 482 16 (10.81%) 35 (10.48%) .913 3 (2.03%) 23 (6.89%) .029
Kanellos I 2002 - 82 - 8 (9.76%) - 4 (4.88%)
Eckmann C 2004 - 306 - 30 (9.80%) - 12 (3.92%)
Vorobiev GI 2004 - 27 2 (7.41%) - 0 (0%) -
Chamlou R 2007 - 90 8 (8.89%) - 3 (3.33%) -
Chude GG 2008 RCT 256 3 (2.21%) 12 (10.00%) .008 0 (0%) 4 (3.33%) .031
Lefebure B 2008 Retrospective 132 3 (7.14%) 10 (11.11%) .476 0 (0%) 5 (5.56%) .119
Ulrich AB 2009 RCT 34 1 (5.56%) 6 (37.50%) .021 0 (0%) 6 (37.50%) .004
Peng J 2010 - 639 - 45 (7.04%) - 12 (1.88%)
Akasu T 2010 Retrospective 120 14 (13.21%) 1 (7.14%) .519 6 (5.66%) 0 (0%) .361
Kruschewski M 2011 - 128 15 (11.72%) - 12 (9.38%) -
Shiomi A 2011 Retrospective 329 9 (7.50%) 24 (11.48%) .246 1 (0.83%) 13 (6.22%) .019
Fouda E 2011 - 56 1 (5.88%) 7 (17.95%) .235 0 (0%) 7 (17.95%) .061
Glancy DG 2012 - 144 5 (8.93%) 8 (9.09%) .973 5 (8.93%) 5 (5.68%) .454
Biondo S 2012 - 106 2 (1.89%) - 1 (0.94%) -
Rondelli F 2012 - 143 5 (3.50%) - 4 (2.80%) -
Gong H 2012 Retrospective 62 5 (19.23%) 0 (0%) .006 2 (7.69%) 0 (0%) .090
Total 3,802 116 (7.74%) 222 (9.64%) .045 40 (2.67%) 120 (5.21%) < .001

AL, anastomotic leakage; DS, diverting stoma; RCT, randomized controlled trial.