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Table 4 Details of all complications after surgery

From: Safety and feasibility of neoadjuvant chemotherapy as a surgical bridge for acute left-sided malignant colorectal obstruction: a retrospective study

Postoperative complications

Surgery*

(n = 17)

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy* (n = 0)

Anastomotic leakage

7

0

Abdominal infection

2

0

Organ failure

1

0

Diarrhea

1

0

Iung infection

2

0

Urinary tract infection

1

0

Abdominal wound infection

3

0

  1. *Surgery: Immediate Emergency Colorectal Resection;
  2. *Neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Immediate SEMS or Decompressing Stoma followed by Neoadjuvant chemotherapy before Elective Colorectal Resection
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