Risk factors for anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection for obese patients with rectal cancer

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2024年2月28日

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Ai Sadatomo,
Hisanaga Horie,
Koji Koinuma,
Naohiro Sata,
Yutaka Kojima,
Takatoshi Nakamura,
Jun Watanabe,
Takaya Kobatake,
Tomonori Akagi,
Kentaro Nakajima,
Masafumi Inomata,
Seiichiro Yamamoto,
Masahiko Watanabe,
Yoshiharu Sakai,
Takeshi Naitoh

摘要

Purpose

We aimed to analyze the risk factors for anastomotic leakage (AL) after low anterior resection (LAR) in obese patients (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 25 kg/m²) with rectal cancer.

Methods

Data were collected from four hundred two obese patients who underwent LAR for rectal cancer in 51 institutions.

Results

Forty-six (11.4%) patients had clinical AL. The median BMI (27 kg/m²) did not differ between the AL and non-AL groups. In the AL group, comorbid respiratory disease was more common (p = 0.025), and the median tumor size was larger (p = 0.002). The incidence of AL was 11.5% in the open surgery subgroup and 11.4% in the laparoscopic surgery subgroup. Among the patients who underwent open surgery, the AL group showed a male predominance (p = 0.04) in the univariate analysis, but it was not statistically significant in the multivariate analysis. Among the patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery, the AL group included a higher proportion of patients with comorbid respiratory disease (p = 0.003) and larger tumors (p = 0.007).

Conclusion

Comorbid respiratory disease and tumor size were risk factors for AL in obese patients with rectal cancer. Careful perioperative respiratory management and appropriate selection of surgical procedures are required for obese rectal cancer patients with respiratory diseases.