Table 2 Data on 30-day postoperative complications after anterior resection for rectal cancer presented as all patients, rectal washout and no rectal washout

Overall

1786 (37.0)

1578 (36.6)

208 (41.3)

0.039

 Missing data

3 (0)

3 (0)

0 (0)

30-day mortality

62 (1.3)

50 (1.2)

12 (2.4)

0.020

 Missing data

6 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

3 (0.6)

Reoperation

495 (10.3)

419 (9.7)

76 (15.1)

<0.001

 Missing data

22 (0.5)

17 (0.4)

5 (1.0)

Infectious^a

287 (6.0)

256 (5.9)

31 (6.2)

0.843

Cardiovascular^a

159 (3.3)

139 (3.2)

20 (4.0)

0.373

Neurological^a

11 (0.2)

10 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

1.000

Other^a

537 (11.1)

488 (11.3)

49 (9.7)

0.285

Surgical^a

1019 (21.1)

879 (20.4)

140 (27.8)

<0.001

 Wound infection^a

211 (4.4)

182 (4.2)

29 (5.8)

0.110

 Intraabdominal infection^a

171 (3.5)

152 (3.5)

19 (3.8)

0.775

 Wound dehiscence^a

88 (1.8)

73 (1.7)

15 (3.0)

0.041

 Intraabdominal bleeding^a

43 (0.9)

36 (0.8)

7 (1.4)

0.210

 Anastomotic leakage^a

405 (8.4)

345 (8.0)

60 (11.9)

0.003

 Stoma complication^a

89 (1.8)

74 (1.7)

15 (3.0)

0.010

 Other surgical^a

54 (1.1)

46 (1.1)

8 (1.6)

0.292