Table 6. Probability of a local relapse according to tumour stage and occurrence of an anastomotic leakage.

Local relapse	total	AL yes	AL no	p
UICC I-III	9.3%	8.3%	9.4%	0.240
UICC I	5.4%	4.6%	5.5%	0.671
UICC II	8.2%	8.0%	8.4%	0.376
UICC III	15.2%	12.1%	15.7%	0.704

p for Chi-square test, AL - anastomotic leakage