Liliana Mereu, Francesca Dalprà, Valeria Berlanda, Riccardo Pertile, Daniela Coser, Basilio Pecorino, Maria Gabriella D'Agate, Francesco Ciarleglio, Alberto Brolese, Saverio Tateo
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the incidence of anastomotic leakage (AL), risk factors and utility of drainage and stoma in patients undergoing intestinal surgery for ovarian cancer in a single institution and in a review of the literature. METHODS: retrospective study that includes consecutive patients undergoing debulking surgery with en bloc pelvic resection with rectosigmoid colectomy for ovarian cancer between 1 November 2011 and 31 December 2021. Data regarding patient and tumour characteristics, surgical procedure, hospitalisation, complications and follow-up were recorded and analysed...
December 18, 2022: Cancers