Prevention and treatment of anastomotic fistula by double-tube-drainage after surgery of rectal carcinoma / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the prevention and treatment effect of double-tube-drainage (DTD) method on anastomotic fistula(AF) after surgery of rectal carcinoma. Method One hundred and eight cases of rectal carcinoma with Dixon′s operation (from January 1998 to March 2005) were divided randomly into 2 groups: treatment group 52 cases underwent DTD, control group was 56 cases received a tube drainage. Results The incidence of anastomotic fistula were 1.9% and 14.3% in treatment group and control group, respectively. There was a significant difference between treatment group and control group (P