The Clinical and Economic Burden of Colorectal Anastomotic Leaks: Middle-Income Country Perspective

Table 4

Cost outcomes (Brazilian R$ or BRL) for the whole cohort according to the presence of AL.

Time period	Whole cohort	With AL ()	Without AL ()	value
Index admission				0.003
Readmissions				0.087
Total costs				0.002

Values are expressed as deviation. AL: anastomotic leak; IQR: interquartile range. value was calculated using Student’s -test.