From: A quest for sphincter-saving surgery in ultralow rectal tumours—a single-centre cohort study
APR | Intersphincteric | TaTME | p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Median operative time, min (IQR) | 240 (210–270) | 212.5 (170–260) | 270 (240–330) | 0.018 |
Median blood loss, ml (IQR) | 125 (100–200) | 150 (50–200) | 150 (100–200) | 0.856 |
Intraoperative adverse events (IAE), n (%) | 1 (7.69%) | 1 (7.14%) | 1 (4%) | 0.869 |
Anastomosis | ||||
Circular stapled | 0 | 1 (7.14%) | 19 (76%) | < 0.001 |
Hand-sewn coloanal | 0 | 13 (92.86%) | 6 (24%) | |
No anastomosis | 13 (100%) | 0 | 0 | |
Sphincter excision (no excision/internal/external) (no. of patients) | 0/0/13 | 1/12/0 | 20/5/0 | < 0.001 |
Ileostomy, n (%) | 0 | 14 (100%) | 25 (100%) | < 0.001 |
Perioperative morbidity | 4 (30.77%) | 5 (35.71%) | 3 (12%) | 0.181 |
Perioperative mortality | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Clavien-Dindo | ||||
III | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.094 |
II | 4 | 3 | 1 |