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Table 2 Complications before defunctioning stoma closure

From: Early closure of defunctioning stoma increases complications related to stoma closure after concurrent chemoradiotherapy and low anterior resection in patients with rectal cancer

Variables

Colostomy (%)

Ileostomy (%)

Total (%)

p value

Number

38 (57.6)

28 (42.4)

66

Complications

10 (26.3)

14 (50.0)

24 (36.4)

0.048*

Dermatitis

1 (2.6)

1 (3.6)

2 (3.0)

0.827

Renal insufficiency

2 (5.3)

12 (42.9)

14 (21.2)

<0.001*

Electrolyte imbalance

8 (21.1)

12 (42.9)

20 (30.3)

0.057

 Hypernatremia

0

1 (3.6)

1 (1.5)

0.304

 Hyponatremia

3 (7.9)

6 (21.4)

9 (13.6)

0.581

 Hyperkalemia

0

3 (10.7)

3 (4.5)

0.065

 Hypokalemia

6 (15.8)

7 (25.0)

13 (19.7)

0.439

Stoma retraction

0

1 (3.6)

1 (1.5)

0.188

Stoma prolapse

0

3 (10.7)

3 (4.6)

0.021*

Stoma stenosis

0

0

0

Parastoma hernia

0

0

0

Ileus

1 (2.6)

2 (7.1)

3 (4.6)

0.387

Readmission

2 (5.4)

10 (35.7)

12 (18.5)

0.002*

Not reversal

13 (34.2)

3 (10.7)

16( 24.2)

0.061

  1. *p < 0.05