Drainage of low anterior anastomoses

Sixty-two low anterior anastomoses have been carried out over a five year period. The mortality was 1.6 per cent, the complication rate 14.5 per cent, and the leakage rate 8 per cent. Only two patients required proximal colostomy because of disruption of the anastomosis. Good results in this difficu...

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Published inThe American journal of surgery Vol. 118; no. 4; pp. 627 - 631
Main Author Schaupp, Willis C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.1969
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Colectomy
Colon, Sigmoid - surgery
Colonic Neoplasms - surgery
Colostomy
Diverticulum, Colon - surgery
Drainage
Female
Humans
Intestine, Large - surgery
Male
Methods
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
Sacrococcygeal Region - surgery
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Summary:Sixty-two low anterior anastomoses have been carried out over a five year period. The mortality was 1.6 per cent, the complication rate 14.5 per cent, and the leakage rate 8 per cent. Only two patients required proximal colostomy because of disruption of the anastomosis. Good results in this difficult group of patients are attributed to careful surgical technic and the use of dependent drainings of the presacral space through an incision placed in the perianal area, an adjunct so safe and simple that it has been used on all such patients for the past twenty years.
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ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/0002-9610(69)90200-1