Mitigating the Consequences of Anastomotic Leakage After Laparoscopic Rectal Cancer Resection

Abstract

Significant risk factors of anastomotic leakage include extraperitoneal tumor location and operation duration ≥180 minutes. The placement of intracolonic and perineal drainage was not found to be significantly associated with anastomotic leakage, but this method could mitigate the clinical consequences of leakage and decrease the rate of reoperation and transverse colostomy after laparoscopic anterior resection for rectal cancer.