A randomised study of colostomies in low colorectal anastomoses.
A randomised study of colostomies in low colorectal anastomoses.
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低位结直肠吻合术中结肠造口术的随机研究。
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1997
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通讯作者:
H. Järvinen
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作者:
Pakkastie Te;J. Ovaska;Pekkala Es;Luukkonen Pe;H. Järvinen
OBJECTIVE
To assess the value of covering colostomy for patients undergoing low anterior resection for rectal neoplasms.
DESIGN
Prospective randomised study.
SETTING
Two university hospitals, Finland.
SUBJECTS
38 patients with air-tight stapled end-to-end anastomoses and complete anastomotic tissue rings were randomly allocated to have a covering colostomy (n = 19) or not.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Postoperative mortality, anastomotic leaks, reoperations for leaks.
RESULTS
The clinical leak rate was 24% (9/38) and six patients (16%) had radiological leaks. The total number of leaks (clinical and radiological together) was similar in the two groups, 7/19 compared with 8/19, respectively. There were fewer clinical leaks in the colostomy group (3/19; 16% compared with 6/19; 32%), but the difference was not significant. Reoperations for leaks were necessary more often in patients who did not have a covering colostomy (6/19; 32% compared with 1/19; 5%, p = 0.09). Two patients who did not have a stoma died from the infective complications of their leaks and one died of heart failure in the colostomy group. One patient who had not been given a stoma initially was left with a permanent colostomy after a leak.
CONCLUSIONS
Our results suggest that a covering colostomy does not reduce the leak rate after low anterior resection, but prevents most of the severe infective consequences of the leaks.