Why the study?
Does anastomotic leakage worsen oncologic outcomes and affect the receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients undergoing major resection for colorectal cancer?
Population
809 consecutive patients undergoing major resection for colorectal cancer
Comparison
Anastomotic leakage vs No anastomotic leakage
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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May warrant closer surveillance after anastomotic leak in stage II colorectal cancer; hypothesis-generating for effects on adjuvant chemotherapy timing.
Does anastomotic leakage worsen oncologic outcomes and affect the receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients undergoing major resection for colorectal cancer?
Anastomotic leakage after colorectal cancer surgery is associated with significantly higher local recurrence rates and decreased receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy.
Kim et al. (2015) studied this question.
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