Significance of information obtained during transanal drainage tube placement after anterior resection of colorectal cancer

<h4>Introduction</h4> It has recently been reported that the placement of a transanal drainage tube after rectal cancer surgery reduces the rate of anastomotic leakage. However, transanal drainage tube cannot completely prevent anastomotic leakage and the management of transanal drainage...

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Main Authors: Yuki Okazaki, Masatsune Shibutani, Hisashi Nagahara, Tatsunari Fukuoka, Yasuhito Iseki, En Wang, Kiyoshi Maeda, Kosei Hirakawa, Masaichi Ohira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9423657/?tool=EBI