Diagnosis and Management of Intraoperative Colorectal Anastomotic Leaks: A Global Retrospective Patient Chart Review Study

Table 2

Management of intraoperative anastomotic leaks.

Parameter	Total
Method of diagnosing the intraoperative leak, n (%)
Air leak test	347 (75.8%)
Dye test^1	103 (22.5%)
Others	8 (1.7%)
Time taken to manage and stop leak (minutes)^2
	357
Mean (SD)	21.2 (16.8)
Interventions performed following leak, (%)^3
Oversewing of staple line	355 (77.5%)
Sealant	80 (17.5%)
New anastomosis	43 (9.4%)
Ileostomy/colostomy	47 (10.3%)
Time required for all interventions performed per patient (minutes)^4
	359
Mean (SD)	22.1 (21.0)

Further details and by-country data provided in Supplemental Table . ¹Methylene blue. ²No information available for 101 patients. ³Multiple responses possible. No information on interventions available for 14 patients. ⁴No information available for 99 patients. Max: maximum value, Min: minimum value, : total number of patients, : number of patients observed, and SD: standard deviation.