Abdominoperineal Resection for Rectal Cancer: Is the Pelvic Drain Externalization Site an Independent Risk Factor for Perineal Wound Healing?
Table 4
Complications, morbidity, and mortality.
Group
PW ()
SW ()
value
Significance level
Complications
22
5
0.0007
Sig.
Surgical (specific)
20
3
0.0002
Sig.
Abdominal wound dehiscence
2
2
Pelvic abscess*
1
—
Ostomy necrosis**
—
1
Evisceration/reoperation
1
—
Perineal healing disorders
16
—
<0.001
Sig.
Delay in perineal healing
14
—
Perineal wound dehiscence
2
—
Medical (nonspecific)
2
2
0.374
NS
Pneumonia
1
—
Urinary dysfunction
1
1
Atrial fibrillation
—
1
Morbidity
52.4%
15.2%
0.0007
Sig.
Mortality
0
Overall morbidity
36%
*In the presacral space, treated with CT-guided drainage.
**treated with primary relocation. (NS: non-significant, value >0.05; Sig.: significant, value <0.05).
