Open AccessDefunctioning Stoma Reduces Symptomatic Anastomotic Leakage After Low Anterior Resection of the Rectum for Cancer
Author(s) -
Peter Matthiessen,
Olof Hallböök,
Jörgen Rutegård,
G. Simert,
Rune Sjödahl
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0b013e3180603024
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , surgery , perioperative , stoma (medicine) , anastomosis , rectum , total mesorectal excision , colorectal cancer , randomization , ileostomy , cancer
The aim of this randomized multicenter trial was to assess the rate of symptomatic anastomotic leakage in patients operated on with low anterior resection for rectal cancer and who were intraoperatively randomized to a defunctioning stoma or not.