Table 5.
Demographic, clinicopathologic, complication, and outcome data for patients with an anastomotic leak with and without intraoperative drain placement
| Variable | Drain, n = 39 N (%) |
No drain, n = 17 N (%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mean ± SD) | 58.9 ±9.2 | 58.4 ± 10.7 | 0.863 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 32 (82.1) | 13 (76.5) | 0.906 |
| Female | 7 (17.9) | 4 (23.5) | |
| BMI (mean ± SD) | 28.6 ±6.2 | 29.8 ± 6.3 | 0.483 |
| Neoadjuvant chemoXRT | 31 (79.5) | 10 (58.8) | 0.201 |
| Diverting loop ileostomy | 26 (66.7) | 10 (58.8) | 0.795 |
| Anastomosis distance from anal verge | |||
| 0–6 cm | 11 (57.9) | 2 (20.0) | 0.130 |
| 7–11 cm | 5 (26.3) | 4 (40.0) | |
| 12–15 cm | 3 (15.8) | 4 (40.0) | |
| Missing | 20 | 7 | |
| Stage | |||
| T0N0 | 7 (17.9) | 4 (23.5) | 0.733 |
| 1 | 5 (12.8) | 5 (29.4) | |
| 2 | 10 (25.6) | 3 (17.6) | |
| 3 | 14(35.9) | 4 (23.5) | |
| Tumor size (cm) (mean ± SD) | 3.3 ±1.5 | 3.1 ± 1.6 | 0.591 |
| Superficial SSI | 4 (10.3) | 1 (6.3) | 1.000 |
| Deep SSI | 9 (23.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.089 |
| Intraabdominal abscess | 18(46.2) | 10 (71.4) | 0.189 |
| Secondary drainage procedure | 19 (48.7) | 11 (78.6) | 0.105 |
| Intervention for leak | 32 (82.1) | 14 (87.5) | 0.924 |
| Intervention type | |||
| Percutaneous drain | 10 (38.5) | 8 (72.7) | 0.237 |
| Colostomy | 3 (11.5) | 2 (18.2) | |
| Ileostomy | 8 (30.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Pelvic washout | 2 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Anastomotic revision | 2 (7.7) | 1 (9.1) | |
| Completion proctectomy | 1 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Reoperation | 27 (69.2) | 6 (49.2) | 0.154 |
| ICU admission | 6 (16.7) | 1 (6.7) | 0.618 |
| Length of stay (mean ± SD) | 10.2 ±7.0 | 7.5 ± 5.4 | 0.157 |
| Readmission | 30 (78.9) | 14 (82.4) | 1.000 |
| Death | 6 (17.6) | 3 (21.4) | 1.000 |