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Cir Esp (Engl Ed) ; 97(3): 145-149, 2019 Mar.
Article in English, Spanish | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30348506

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Diverting stomata are recommended in patients with low anterior resection and risk factors in order to reduce the severity of anastomotic leaks. Usually, a radiology study is performed prior to the closure of the stoma to detect subclinical leaks. The aim of the present study is to assess the clinical utility of the radiology study. METHODS: A prospective cohort study of patients undergoing anterior rectal resection for rectal cancer and those who underwent stoma closure without contrast enema. This study was carried out after a retrospective review of radiology study results prior to the closure of the stoma in patients operated from 2007 to 2011. RESULTS: Eighty-six patients met the study criteria. Thirteen patients (15.1%) presented pelvic sepsis. Contrast enema before stoma closure was pathological in 8 patients (9.3%). Five out of the 13 patients with pelvic sepsis had a pathological radiological study, compared to only 3 out of the 73 patients without intra-abdominal complications after rectal resection (38.5% vs. 4.1%; P=.001). Based on these results, we conducted a prospective study omitting the contrast enema in patients with no postoperative complications. Thirty-eight patients had their stoma closed without a prior radiology study. None of the patients presented pelvic sepsis. CONCLUSIONS: Radiology studies of the colorectal anastomosis before reconstruction can safely be omitted in patients without pelvic sepsis after the previous rectal resection.


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Anastomotic Leak/diagnostic imaging , Contrast Media/administration & dosage , Radiography/standards , Rectal Neoplasms/surgery , Wound Closure Techniques/adverse effects , Aged , Anastomotic Leak/epidemiology , Anastomotic Leak/prevention & control , Contrast Media/standards , Female , Humans , Incidence , Male , Middle Aged , Pelvic Infection/diagnostic imaging , Pelvic Infection/etiology , Pelvic Infection/microbiology , Pelvic Infection/pathology , Postoperative Complications , Prospective Studies , Radiography/methods , Rectal Neoplasms/microbiology , Retrospective Studies , Risk Factors , Sepsis/diagnostic imaging , Sepsis/etiology , Sepsis/pathology , Surgical Stomas
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