Clinical Study
Abdominoperineal Resection for Rectal Cancer: Is the Pelvic Drain Externalization Site an Independent Risk Factor for Perineal Wound Healing?
Table 5
Local recurrence and survival.
| | Patients () | SW | PW | Overall | | value* | Significance level |
| | Compl. 5-year follow-up | 26 | 23 | 49 | | 0.1336 | NS | | Deaths | 7 | 6 | 13 | | 0.2831 | NS |
| | Cause of death | | | | Time after APR (months) | | |
| | LR** | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12, 24 | | | | LR** + hepatic metastases | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | | | | Hepatic metastases | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12, 12, 14, 18,38 | | | | Brain metastases | 1 | — | 1 | 24 | | | | Lung + hepatic metastases | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18, 24 | | | | Hepatic + brain metastases | 1 | — | 1 | 24 | | | | Stroke | — | 1 | 1 | 36 | | |
| | Survival (%) | 73.07 | 73.9 | 73.4 | | 0.253 | NS | | Local Recurrence (%) | 3.8 | 8.7 | 6.1 | | 0.357 | NS |
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*SW versus PW.
**LR: local recurrence.
NS: non-significant, value >0.05; Sig.: significant, value <0.05.
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