MRI diagnose post-operative anastomotic leak in patients with rectal cancer: preliminary experience

BMC Surgery

Table 2 Individual patient characteristics

Patient	Gender	Age	nCRT^a	Distance from anastomosis to anus (cm)	Anastomotic methods	Defunctioning stoma	Time to MR^b (days)	Fecal fluid from pelvic drainage tube	Increase in plasma inflammatory indicator^c	Results of MR	Results of Contrast enema radiography
1	Male	52	Yes	4	Stapler	Yes	21	No	Yes	Pelvic abscess	Negative
2	Male	72	No	4	Stapler	No	9	No	Yes	Leak	Positive
3	Male	60	No	5	Stapler	No	11	No	No	Leak	Negative
4	Male	72	No	8	Stapler	No	5	Yes	Yes	Leak	Negative
5	Male	52	No	5	Stapler	No	5	Yes	Yes	Leak	Positive
6	Male	57	No	10	Stapler	No	7	Yes	Yes	No Leak	Positive
7	Female	60	Yes	3	Stapler	Yes	12	Yes	Yes	Leak	Positive
8	Female	58	No	2.5	Hand sewn	Yes	3	No	No	No Leak	Negative
9	Male	48	Yes	5	Stapler	No	5	Yes	Yes	Leak(suspect)	Negative
10	Male	43	Yes	5	Stapler	Yes	6	No	No	Leak	–
11	Male	43	Yes	3	Hand sewn	Yes	7	No	No	No leak	–
12	Male	63	Yes	8.5	Stapler	No	8	No	Yes	Leak (suspect)	Negative
13	Male	56	No	7	Stapler	No	10	Yes	Yes	Leak	Positive
14	Male	74	Yes	2	Stapler	Yes	11	No	Yes	No leak	–
15	Female	58	No	10	Stapler	No	11	No	Yes	No leak	Negative
16	Male	75	No	9	Stapler	No	13	Yes	No	Leak	Negative
17	Male	57	Yes	3	Stapler	Yes	14	No	No	Leak	–
18	Female	57	Yes	6	Stapler	No	15	No	Yes	Leak (suspect)	Negative
19	Male	41	Yes	4	Stapler	Yes	20	No	Yes	Leak	–
20	Male	84	No	4	Stapler	Yes	9	No	Yes	Leak (suspect)	Positive
21	Male	65	Yes	2.5	Stapler	Yes	11	Yes	Yes	Leak (suspect)	Positive
22	Male	42	Yes	4	Stapler	Yes	10	No	Yes	Leak	Positive
23	Female	70	Yes	2	Hand sewn	Yes	14	Yes	Yes	Leak	–

^aNeoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy
^bThe time interval from operation to first MR examination
^cThe plasma inflammatory indicators included white blood cell count (WBC), C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and procalcitonin (PCT)

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