Progress in diagnosis and treatment of anastomotic leakage after anterior resection of rectal cancer / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Anastomotic leakage was one of the severe complications after anterior resection of rectal cancer.Its occurrenc was correlated with age,weight and nutrtion,basic diseases,preoperative radio-chemotherapy,surgical technique and stage of the tumor.Anastomotic leakage could be diagnosed by symptoms,physical signs,drainagefluid and imaging examinations.Most of the anastomotic leakage could be cured non-operatively.Much attention should be pay on the prevention of anastomotic leakage,protective stomy should be made in high risk population,while the complications of protective stomy should be pay attention to.