A Systematic Review of Early versus Late Closure of Loop Ileostomy

Table 2

Comparison between the postoperative complications.

Complication	Reference
	Danielsen et al.		Figueiredo et al.			Wanglin et al.		Park et al.
	EC (n = 55)	LC (n = 57)	EC		LC (n = 79)	EC (n = 179)	LC (n = 179)	EC (n = 55)	LC (n = 57)
			<60 d (n = 65)	61–90d (n = 115)
Infection	2	0	1	3	1	4	3	n/r	n/r
Parastomal hernia	n/r	n/r	3%^b	11%^b	8%^b	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Anastomotic stenosis	0	1	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Reoperation	5^a	4^a	n/r	n/r	n/r	1	3	n/r	n/r
Small bowel obstruction	1	1	0^b	1%^b	1%^b	6	3	n/r	n/r
Anastomotic leakage	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	n/r	n/r
Late anastomotic leakage	n/r	n/r	1%^b	3%^b	1%^b	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Ileus	n/r	n/r	1	4	4	22	24	n/r	n/r
Electrolyte disorder	n/r	n/r	4	3	1	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Abscess	3^a	2^a	0	0	3	1	3	n/r	n/r
Postop bleeding	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	n/r	n/r
Nausea/vomiting	1	2	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Pain	1	1	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Allergy	0	0	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Pancreatitis	0	0	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Liver insufficiency	0	0	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Cardiopulmonary	0	0	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Urinary blockage	n/r	n/r	0	3	0	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Urinary infection	n/r	n/r	0	1	1	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r
Venous thromboembolism	n/r	n/r	0	0	1	n/r	n/r	n/r	n/r

n/r: not reported; EC: early closure; LC: late closure; ^awithin one-year follow-up; ^bwithin 66 months of follow-up;