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Table 4 Characteristics of patients with anastomotic leakage

From: Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging during laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery could reduce the incidence of anastomotic leakage: a single institutional retrospective cohort study

 

ICG group (n = 3)

Non-ICG group (n = 14)

Sex, n (%)

  Male

3 (100%)

11 (78.5%)

  Female

0

3 (21.5%)

Age, yearsa

65 (49, 74)

65 (35, 76)

Low rectal cancer

1 (33.3%)

10 (71.4)

Operating time, mina

367 (225, 399)

497 (269, 676)

Clavien-Dindo classification ≥ grade 3b

2 (66.6%)

8 (57.1%)

Days from initial surgery to AL occurrencea

6 (5, 7)

3 (1, 7)

  1. ICG indocyanine green, AL anastomotic leakage
  2. aValues are shown as median (range)