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THE RESULTS OF COLONIC ANASTOMOSES AT THE ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL
Author(s) -
COLLINS JOHN P.,
BUTTERFIELD DAVID
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb04887.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anastomosis , mortality rate , fistula , general surgery , surgery , wound infection , emergency medicine
One hundred consecutive colocolic and colorectal anastomoses are reviewed. The operative mortality was 5%, wound infection rate 27%, and faecal fistula rate 15%. These complications are shown to double the hospital bed stay. Factors affecting their occurence are examined, and recommendations are made with a view to lower this morbidity.