Table 3 Early postoperative outcome
N (%) | Overall Population | Symptomatic AL (SAL) | Asymptomatic AL (AAL) | Without AL (WAL) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
200 (100) | 29 (14.5) | 10 (5.0) | 161 (80.5) | ||
Emergency surgery, n (%) | 21 (11.5) | 12 (41.4) | 0 | 9 (5.6) | |
Laparoscopic abdominal drainage, n (%) | 3 (1.5) | 3 (10.3) | 0 | 0 | |
Open abdominal drainage, n (%) | 5 (2.5) | 3 (10.3) | 0 | 2 (1.2) | 0.001 |
Hartmann’s procedure, n (%) | 6 (3.0) | 6 (20.7) | 0 | 0 | |
Ileostomy repair, n (%) | 7 (3.5) | 0 | 0 | 7 (4.3) | |
Trans-anal drainage, n (%) | 5 (2.5) | 5 (17.2) | 0 | 0 | |
CT-guided drainage, n (%) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (3.4) | 1 (10,0) | 0 | 0.003 |
Antibiotics treatment only, n (%) | 23 (11.5) | 11 (37.9) | 9 (90.0) | 0 | – |
Hospital stay (days) median ± IQR | 11.0 (9.0–16.0) | 19.0 (14.0–33.0) | 11.5 (9.5–14.8) | 10.0 (9.0–14.0) | < 0.001 |
Initial diverting stoma reversal, n (%) | |||||
Yes | 159 (88.8) | 18 (72.0) | 9 (90.0) | 132 (91.7) | |
No | 20 (11.2) | 7 (28.0) | 1 (10.0) | 12 (8.3) | 0.021 |
Days before stoma reversal (days), median ± IQR | 97.0 (74,1–188.2) | 209.0 (127.3–327.3) | 208.0 (115.7–274.7) | 91.9 (69.9–138.4) | < 0.001 |