Analysis of anastomotic leakage after rectal surgery: A case-control study

•Frequency of anastomotic leakage was rather low in our institute.•Male sex was the only risk factor for anastomotic leakage in rectal surgery.•Tumor histological type was added in this revision.•Attentive surgical procedure seems to have lead to less frequent anastomotic leakage.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tanaka, Junichiro, Nishikawa, Takeshi, Tanaka, Toshiaki, Kiyomatsu, Tomomichi, Hata, Keisuke, Kawai, Kazushige, Kazama, Shinsuke, Nozawa, Hiroaki, Yamaguchi, Hironori, Ishihara, Soichiro, Sunami, Eiji, Kitayama, Joji, Watanabe, Toshiaki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4442693/