Leakage after Surgery for Rectum Cancer: Inconsistency in Reporting to the Danish Colorectal Cancer Group
Table 1
Core question about fluid collection, rectovaginal fistula, drainage, and watchful waiting.
Question
Yes
No
Always
Some times
Never
%
%
%
%
%
6
Do you report patients to DCCG with a fluid collection in the small pelvis as a leakage - regardless of the patients has a radiologic or endoscopic proven leakage?
5
39
8
61
7
Do you report patients to DCCG with rectovaginal fistula as a leakage?
8
62
5
38
8
Do you use drainage close to the anastomosis?
4
31
5
38
4
31
If always or sometimes the responder was asked to answer question 9
9
Do you report patients with air, pus or faeces in the drain as a leakage if no leakage is shown by reoperation, radiology or endoscopy?
5
56
4
44
22
Do you occasionally use watchful waiting in patients suspicious of anastomotic leakage?
7
54
6
46
If yes the responder was asked to answer question 23
23
Do you report watchful waiting patients to the DCCG database as a leakage?
