Are male gender, previous abdominal surgery, and low rectal cancer associated with increased anastomotic leakage rates after lower gastrointestinal anastomosis?
Male gender, previous abdominal surgery, and low rectal cancer are risk factors for anastomotic leakage after lower GI anastomosis, which should inform preoperative counseling.
Male gender, previous abdominal surgery and low rectal cancer are associated with increased anastomotic leakage rates. These have important implications during preoperative patient counselling and decision-making regarding defunctioning stoma formation.
Lipska et al. (Mon,) studied this question.