Trial reportWorld journal of surgery2013
Use of a transanal drainage tube for prevention of anastomotic leakage and bleeding after anterior resection for rectal cancer.
Trial report in World journal of surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.
- Updated evidence of the effectiveness and safety of transanal drainage tube for the prevention of anastomotic leakage after rectal low anterior resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2024Pooled it
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- Effect of transanal drainage tube on prevention of anastomotic leakage after anterior rectal cancer surgery taking indwelling time into consideration: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Role of transanal drainage tubes in preventing anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Techniques in coloproctology · 2022Pooled it
- Does rectal tube/transanal stent placement after an anterior resection for rectal cancer reduce anastomotic leak? A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Pooled it
- The impact of transanal tube design for preventing anastomotic leak in anterior resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2021Pooled it
- Prophylactic transanal decompression tube versus non-prophylactic transanal decompression tube for anastomotic leakage prevention in low anterior resection for rectal cancer: a meta-analysis.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Pooled it
- Transanal Tube for the Prevention of Anastomotic Leakage After Rectal Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.World journal of surgery · 2017Pooled it
- Efficacy of transanal tube placement after anterior resection for rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of surgical oncology · 2016Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the use of a transanal drainage tube to prevent anastomotic leakage after anterior resection by double-stapling technique for rectal cancer.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Pooled it
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- Incidence and mortality of anastomotic dehiscence requiring reoperation after rectal carcinoma resection.International surgeryPooled it
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- Comparative efficacy of reinforced suturing, transanal drainage tube, and no additional intervention in preventing anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery: a network meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2026Article
- Impact of Transanal Drainage Tube Placement on Anastomosis Leakage Incidence After Rectal Cancer Surgery.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Practical use of transanal decompression tube following the repair of fourth-degree perineal tears associated with vaginal delivery.Surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Transanal Intubation for Preventing Colorectal Anastomotic Failure.International journal of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Efficacy of transanal drainage tube in preventing anastomotic leakage after surgery for rectal cancer: A meta-analysis.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2023Article
- Impacts of trans-anal tube placement in patients with sigmoid colon cancer: Risk verification analysis using inverse probability weighting analysis.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2023Article
- Transanal drainage tube for the prevention of anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of the present study was to investigate the usefulness of the transanal drainage tube for prevention of anastomotic leakage and bleeding after anterior resection for rectal cancer.
methodsBetween January 2007 and May 2011 a nonrandomized prospective study of patients undergoing anterior resection for rectal cancer was done. The patients were divided into the transanal drainage tube (TDT) and non-transanal drainage tube (NTDT) groups according to whether the transanal drainage tube was used in the operation. Clinical characteristics and postoperative complications were compared between the TDT and NTDT groups.
resultsThe study included 81 patients in the TDT group and 77 patients in the NTDT group. In the TDT group, anastomotic leakage occurred in 2 patients and no anastomotic bleeding occurred. In the NTDT group, anastomotic leakage occurred in 7 patients and anastomotic bleeding occurred in 2 patients. The TDT group had significantly fewer anastomotic complications compared with the NTDT group (2.5 vs 11.7 %; P = 0.029). Furthermore, the TDT group showed an obvious reduction in the rate of anastomotic leakage and anastomotic bleeding compared with the NTDT group (2.5 vs 7.8 % and 0.0 vs 2.6 %), but because the number of cases is relatively small, the difference did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.160 and P = 0.236).
conclusionsThe use of a transanal drainage tube in anterior resection for rectal cancer may be a simple, safe, and effective means of preventing or reducing the occurrence of anastomotic leakage and bleeding. A larger-scale single or multi-center prospective randomized study or a meta-analysis including similar studies is necessary for further elucidation of this issue.
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