Anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer surgery: Retrospective analysis of risk factors

Table 5 Mortality and morbidity in-hospital or 30 d, n (%)

Patients, n	Leakage		P value
	Absent, n = 522	Present, n = 61
Mortality	2 (40.0)	3 (60.0)	0.009
Reoperation	0	35 (100)	0.0001
Peritonitis/abdominal sepsis	1 (4.6)1	21 (95.4)	0.0001
Pelvic sepsis	2 (3.7)1	53 (96.3)	0.0001
Wound dehiscence	3 (42.9)	4 (57.1)	0.003
Wound infection	10 (52.8)	7 (41.2)	0.0008
Urinary infection	10 (76.9)	3 (23.1)	0.1
Urinary retention2	3 (33.4)	6 (66.6)	0.0001
Pneumonia	3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)	0.08

¹Due to blood collections with secondary infection from contamination during primary surgery in patients without anastomotic leakage.

²Catheter at discharge.