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Meta-Analysis
. 2020 Jun;121(8):1283-1297.
doi: 10.1002/jso.25921. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

The influence of anastomotic leakage for rectal cancer oncologic outcome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jianguo Yang  1 , Qingwei Chen  1 , Li Jindou  1 , Yong Cheng  1
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Meta-Analysis

The influence of anastomotic leakage for rectal cancer oncologic outcome: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jianguo Yang et al. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

Background and objective: Anastomotic leakage is a serious complication after arterial resection of rectal cancer. It has been found that anastomotic leakage is related to the oncological outcome. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the long-term outcome of the rectal tumor after anastomotic leakage.

Methods: The effect of anastomotic leakage on the oncological outcome of rectal cancer was studied by electronic literature retrieval. Using the DerSimonian Laird random effect model to calculate the odds ratio and 95% confidence interval. Research heterogeneity was evaluated by Q statistics and I2 , and bias was evaluated by funnel plot and Begg's test.

Results: A total of 35 studies and 44 698 patients were included in the study. The studies have shown that anastomotic leakage is associated with local recurrence (OR = 1.93; 95% CI, 1.57-2.38; P < .0001), overall survival (OR = 1.64; 95% CI, 1.37-1.95; P < .00001), disease-free survival (OR = 2.07; 95% CI, 1.50-2.87; P < .00001) and cancer-specific survival (OR = 1.32; 95% CI, 1.02-1.70; P = .012), while it was not related to distant recurrence (OR = 1.25; 95% CI, 0.95-1.65; P = .12).

Conclusions: The results showed that anastomotic leakage after anterior resection increased the risk of local recurrence, decreased the overall survival, cancer-specific survival and disease-free survival.

Keywords: anastomotic leakage; oncologic outcome; rectal cancer.

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