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3622160

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
Complications following 178 low anterior resections for rectal carcinoma with the EEA autosuture device are reported prospectively. The operative mortality was 2.8 percent. Clinical anastomotic leakage developed in 27 patients, but in none of the 30 patients over 76 years of age. Two of the five hospital deaths were related to leakage. Long-term steroid treatment and previous pelvic radiotherapy were associated with increased risk of leakage. Severe stenosis following anastomotic leakage was seen in one patient. Intraoperative diverting colostomy was done in 16 patients, but no benefit could be demonstrated. It was concluded that use of the upper sigmoid colon for anastomosis probably is not associated with a higher mortality and morbidity than that after more extensive resections reported in the literature. Future randomized trials should exclude very old patients, in whom no leak was seen, when the upper sigmoid colon was used for stapling after low anterior resection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0012-3706
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
579-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Early complications after low anterior resection for rectal cancer using the EEA stapling device. A prospective trial.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't