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World J Gastrointest Surg. Mar 27, 2024; 16(3): 807-815
Published online Mar 27, 2024. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i3.807
Early postoperative complications after transverse colostomy closure, a retrospective study
Fei Liu, Xiao-Juan Luo, Zi-Wei Li, Xiao-Yu Liu, Xu-Rui Liu, Quan Lv, Xin-Peng Shu, Wei Zhang, Dong Peng
Fei Liu, Zi-Wei Li, Xiao-Yu Liu, Xu-Rui Liu, Quan Lv, Xin-Peng Shu, Wei Zhang, Dong Peng, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
Xiao-Juan Luo, Endoscopy Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400012, China
Co-first authors: Fei Liu and Xiao-Juan Luo.
Author contributions: Liu F and Luo XJ were co-first authors; Luo XJ was thanked for her significant contribution in revising the manuscript; All the authors agreed that Luo XJ was the co-first author; All authors contributed to data collection and analysis, drafting or revising the manuscript, have agreed on the journal to which the manuscript will be submitted, gave final approval of the version to be published, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Institutional review board statement: The ethics committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University approved this study, No. K2024-008-01.
Clinical trial registration statement: We don’t need URL registration.
Informed consent statement: Because the data used in this study were obtained from public databases, we applied for a waiver of informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The datasets used and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request at carry_dong@126.com.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 statement.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Dong Peng, FAASLD, Academic Editor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuanjiagang, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China. carry_dong@126.com
Received: October 24, 2023
Peer-review started: October 24, 2023
First decision: December 15, 2023
Revised: January 13, 2024
Accepted: February 7, 2024
Article in press: February 7, 2024
Published online: March 27, 2024
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background

Previous studies comparing the incidence of postoperative complications in patients with ileostomy and colostomy closure have found that patients undergoing colostomy closure are more likely to experience complications. Most of the studies reporting post-colonostomy complications were conducted at the end of the last century with relatively small sample sizes.

Research motivation

At present, colostomy, especially transverse colostomy, is still a common type of colostomy.

Research objectives

The aim of this study was to analyze complications after transverse colostomy closure and to identify risk factors associated with complications.

Research methods

This article used a retrospective study method to include 102 patients at a single clinical centre. The differences between the complication group and the no complication group were compared. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to find independent factors for overall complications or incision infection.

Research results

A total of 102 patients who underwent transverse colostomy closure were enrolled in the current study. Seventy (68.6%) patients underwent transverse colostomy because of colorectal cancer related causes. Postoperative complications occurred in 30 (29.4%) patients and the most frequent complication occurring after transverse colostomy closure was incision infection (46.7%). The complication group had longer hospital stays (P < 0.01). However, no potential risk factors were identified for overall complications and incision infection.

Research conclusions

Finally, we found that the most common complication after colostomy closure was wound infection. Operation time, time interval between transverse colostomy and reversal, and anastomosis method had no effect on postoperative complications.

Research perspectives

The study will conduct to analyze the overall survival after transverse colostomy closure.