Clinical Outcomes of a Redo for a Failed Colorectal or Coloanal Anastomosis

PURPOSE: Redo surgery in patients with a persistent anastomotic failure (PAF) is a rare procedure, and data about this procedure are lacking. This study aimed to evaluate the surgical outcomes of redo surgery in such patients. METHODS: Patients who underwent a redo anastomosis for PAF from January 2004 to November 2016 were retrospectively evaluated. Data from a prospective colorectal database were analyzed. Success was defined as the combined absence of any anastomosis-related complications and a stoma at the last follow-up. RESULTS: A total of 1,964 patients who underwent curative surgery for rectal cancer during this study period were included. Among them, 32 consecutive patients underwent a redo anastomosis for PAF. Thirteen patients of those 32 had major anastomotic dehiscence with a pelvic sinus, 12 had a recto-vaginal fistula, and 7 had anastomosis stenosis. There were no postoperative deaths. The median operation time was 255 minutes (range, 80–480 minutes), and the median blood loss was 80 mL (range, 30–1,000 mL). The overall success rate was 78.1%, and the morbidity rate was 40.6%. Multivariable analyses showed that the primary tumor height at the lower level was the only statistically significant risk factor for redo surgery (P = 0.042; hazard ratio, 2.444). CONCLUSION: In our experience, a redo anastomosis is a feasible surgical option that allows closure of a stoma in nearly 80% of patients. Lower tumor height (<5 cm from the anal verge) is the only independent risk factor for nonclosure of defunctioning stomas after primary rectal surgery.

Técnica con indocianina verde (ICG) como predictor de la falla de sutura: inicio de la experiencia en nuestro medio / Technical indocyanine green (ICG) as a predictor of suture failure

Objetivo: Valorar en el intraoperatorio en tiempo real, el flujo sanguíneo de los cabos anastomóticos y la anastomosis. El objetivo final de este trabajo busca que este sea el inicio de un estudio prospectivo, con el fin de auditar las anastomosis colónicas de forma intraoperatoria buscando así disminuir el número de fallas de suturas. Material y método: Se realizó un estudio prospectivo, observacional y descriptivo, desarrollado en el Hospital de Clínicas en el período comprendido entre enero de 2014 y julio 2015. Se incluyeron en el mismo pacientes sometidos a resección de colon y reconstrucción primaria del tránsito intestinal de coordinación. El indocianina verde (ICG) se empleó como colorante vital fluorescente para la valoración in situ de la anastomosis colónica. La presencia de falla de sutura en el postoperatorio en relación con la perfusión anastomótica objetivada con ICG constituye un parámetro de importancia en nuestro estudio. Resultados: En lo referente a la perfusión de la anastomosis, destacamos que en el primer caso la misma fue sensiblemente inferior en el cabo colónico, en tanto que en los 2 casos restantes la vascularización de los cabos fue óptima. Conclusiones: La técnica con ICG constituye una herramienta apropiada para poder auditar la calidad de las anastomosis intestinales realizadas de coordinación. Se trata de una técnica segura, aplicable en nuestro medio. Siendo un predictor de falla de sutura, permite un descenso de la morbimortalidad postoperatoria por esta causa.

Aim: Rate intraoperatively in real time, blood flow and ends anastomotic and anastomosis. The ultimate goal of this work seeks to make this the beginning of a prospective study in order to audit the colonic anastomosis intraoperatively and seeking to reduce the number of sutures failure. Material and method: A prospective, observational and descriptive study, to be held in the Clinics Hospital in the period between January 2014 and July 2015. They were included in the same patients undergoing resection of colon and intestinal transit reconstruction on primary coordination. Indocyanine green (ICG) was used as a fluorescent vital dye for in situ evaluation of colonic anastomosis. The presence of failure postoperative suture relative to the anastomotic objectified perfusion with ICG, is an important parameter in our study.Results:Regarding the perfusion of the anastomosis, in the first case it was significantly lower than in the colonic out. While in the remaining two cases the vascularization of the ends was optimal. Conclusions: The technique with indocyanine green is an appropriate tool to audit the quality of intestinal anastomoses performed coordination.