The role of diverting stoma in low anterior resection for rectal cancer -A prospective multicenter study.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Rectal cancer
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000004017
- Lead Sponsor
- Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum
- Brief Summary
1014 consecutive patients with rectal cancer within 10 cm from the anal verge were investigated in this prospective, multicenter, cohort study. Diverting Stoma (DS) did not have a significant relationship with symptomatic anastomotic leakage before and after propensity score matching analysis which was used to compare the group of patients receiving a DS or not.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1014
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria are anastomosis with hand sewn technique, emergency operation, and no ability to understand the study information.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method