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. 2022 May 23;36(12):8881–8892. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09323-6

Table 3.

Treatment-dependent parameters

Total [n] Unsuspicious [n; (%)] Suspicious [n; (%)] SufficientX [n; (%)] Insufficient [n; (%)] p-valueY Odds ratioY 95% CIY
Total 90 59 (65.6%) 20 (22.2%) 79 (87.8%) 11 (12.2%)
Time of surgery
 Elective surgery 83 55 (66.2) 17 (20.5) 72 (86.7) 11 (13.3) 1 (Ref)
 Emergency surgery 7 4 (57.1) 3 (42.9) 7 (100) 0 (0) 0.304 2.38 0.13–44.5
Surgery access
 Laparoscopic 39 30 (76.9) 6 (15.4) 36 (92.3) 3 (7.7) 1 (Ref)
 Open 28 20 (71.4) 5 (17.9 25 (89.3) 3 (10.7) 1.44 0.27–7.72
 Robotic 23 9 (39.1) 9 (39.1) 18 (78.2) 5 (21.8) 0.253 3.33 0.72–15.54
Level of anastomosis
 > 10 cm ab ano 46 34 (73.9) 7 (15.2) 41 (89.1) 5 (10.9) 1 (Ref)
 10–5 cm ab ano 21 13 (61.9) 6 (28.6) 19 (90.5) 2 (9.5) 0.86 0.15–4.85
 < 5 cm ab ano 13 12 (52.9) 7 (30.4) 19 (82.6) 4 (17.4) 0.672 2 0.33–12.25
Expansion of surgery
 No 79 50 (63.3) 20 (25.3) 70 (88.6) 9 (11.4) 1 (Ref)
 Expansion 11 9 (81.8) 0 (0) 9 (81.8) 2 (18.2) 0.52 1.73 0.33–9.3
Intraoperative transfusion
 No 85 55 (64.7) 19 (22.4) 74 (87.1) 11 (12.9) 1 (Ref)
 Yes 5 4 (80) 1 (20) 5 (100) 0 (0) 0.391 1.7 0.09–32.8
Median/mean value Minimum Maximum IQR/SD p-value
Duration of surgery [minutes]
 Total 218 70 511 88
 Sufficient 214 70 511 87
 Insufficient 245 120 419 94 0.368 [MWU]
Intraoperative volume substitution [ml]
 Total 3250 20 12,980 2520
 Sufficient 3100 0 11,300 2400
 Insufficient 4500 1000 13,000 3500 0.220 [MWU]
Intraoperative blood loss [ml]
 Total 199 0 2310 363
 Sufficient 200 0 2300 365
 Insufficient 180 0 1200 360 0.782 [MWU]

X sufficient anastomoses consisting of unsuspicious and suspicious anastomoses, Y analysis related to sufficient and insufficient anastomoses, CI confidence interval, R Reference, IBD Inflammatory bowel disease, RTx radiation therapy, CTx chemotherapy, CRTx concomitant chemoradiotherapy, UICC Union Internationale Contre le Cancer, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, MWU Mann–Whitney ranksum test