Laparoscopic Surgery of Rectal Cancer and Ileostomy

Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

Status: Completed

Conditions: Leakage, Anastomotic; Ileostomy - Stoma; Ileostomy; Complications

Treatments: Procedure: elective diverting ileostomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04169425

11.17 OSS Comet CBM

Details and patient eligibility

About

Elective diverting ileostomy may reduce consequences of anastomotic failure in laparoscopic TME. Aiming to evaluate the effectiveness of elective diverting ileostomy, its impact on the incidence and clinical behavior of anastomotic leakage and the complications related to its presence and take down were analyzed.

Full description

From a prospective collected database, data regarding patients who underwent to laparoscopic TME, with (Group 1) or without (Group 2) elective diverting ileostomy for rectal cancer from 2012 to 2017 at University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, have been retrospectively analyzed.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 67 to 86 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult patients (aged 18 years and over)
• patients submitted to elective Anterior Rectal Resection

Exclusion criteria

• chronic use of immunosuppressant agents
• urgent surgery

Trial design

150 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1

Description:

patients who underwent to laparoscopic TME, with elective diverting ileostomy for rectal cancer

Treatment:

Procedure: elective diverting ileostomy

Group 2

Description:

patients who underwent to laparoscopic TME, without elective diverting ileostomy for rectal cancer