Fig. 3From: Relative decline in serum albumin help to predict anastomotic leakage for female patients following sphincter-preserving rectal surgerya shows the relative decline in serum albumin (∆ALB) in female patients was significantly higher than in male patients. In b, patients with AL were subject to significantly higher ∆ALB than patients without AL in the entire cohort. When grouped by gender, a significant difference in ∆ALB between patients with and without anastomotic leakage (AL) was only observed in female patientsBack to article page