What are the preoperative risk factors for anastomotic leakage after resection for colorectal cancer?
Identifying preoperative risk factors for colorectal anastomotic leakage may influence treatment decisions and reduce leakage rates.
Based on the best available evidence, important preoperative risk factors for colorectal anastomotic leakage have been identified. Knowledge on risk factors may influence treatment and procedure-related decisions, and possibly reduce the leakage rate.
Pommergaard et al. (Sat,) studied this question.