TY - JOUR AU - Artus, Alice AU - Tabchouri, Nicolas AU - Iskander, Othman AU - Michot, Nicolas AU - Muller, Olivier AU - Giger-Pabst, Urs AU - Bourlier, Pascal AU - Bourbao-Tournois, Céline AU - Kraemer-Bucur, Aurore AU - Lecomte, Thierry AU - Salamé, Ephrem AU - Ouaissi, Mehdi PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08/20 TI - Long term outcome of anastomotic leakage in patients undergoing low anterior resection for rectal cancer JO - BMC Cancer SP - 780 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - The influence of anastomotic leakage (AL) on local recurrence rates and survival in rectal cancer remains controversial. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of asymptomatic anastomotic leakage (AAL) and symptomatic anastomotic leakage (SAL) on short- and long-term outcome after curative rectal cancer resection. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-020-07109-4 DO - 10.1186/s12885-020-07109-4 ID - Artus2020 ER -