Review Article
Routine Drainage of Colorectal Anastomoses: An Evidence-Based Review of the Current Literature
Table 3
Rates of AL in drained and nondrained patients in the studies included.
| Study | Number | AL in drained group (%) | AL in nondrained group (%) | Use of protective stoma (%) |
| Peeters et al. [5] | 924 | 9.6 | 23.5 | 56.6 | Qu et al. [6] | 4580 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 22.5 | Kawada et al. [7] | 154 | 10.8 | 20.8 | 0 | Akiyoshi et al. [8] | 336 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 18.5 | Rondelli et al. [9] | 2277 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 43.5 | Tsujinaka et al. [11] | 196 | 10.7 | NA | 23.5 | Urbach et al. [14] | 414 | 8.9 | 6.4 | NA | Petrowsky et al. [15] | 1390 | 4.2 | 2.4 | NA | Karliczek et al. [16] | 1140 | 2 | 1 | NA | Zhang et al. [17] | 1803 | 7.1 | 5.7 | NA | Menahem et al. [18] | 660 | 14.8 | 16.7 | NA | Rolph et al. [19] | 908 | 1.7 | 1.2 | NA | Yeh et al. [20] | 978 | 2.8 | | 10 | Denost et al. [21] | 469 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 75 | Boccola et al. [23] | 1576 | 8.5 | 5.1 | 6 | Median | — | 7.2 (1.7–14.8) | 6.4 (1–23.5) | 22.5 (0–75) |
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AL: anastomotic leakage. NA: not available.
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