Anastomotic leak following low anterior resection in stage IV rectal cancer is associated with poor survival.
Smith JD, Butte JM, Weiser MR, D'Angelica MI, Paty PB, Temple LK, Guillem JG, Jarnagin WR, Nash GM.
Smith JD, et al.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 Aug;20(8):2641-6. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2854-9. Epub 2013 Feb 6.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2013.
PMID: 23385965
Data for use of ileostomy, clinical anastomotic leak, and clinical risk score (for liver metastases, n = 86) were collected. ...CONCLUSIONS: In this series of patients with stage IV rectal cancer, anastomotic leak was uncommon. However, p …
Data for use of ileostomy, clinical anastomotic leak, and clinical risk score (for liver metastases, n = 86) were colle …