Early postoperative contrast radiology in the assessment of colorectal anastomotic integrity
โ Scribed by A. M. Akyol; J. R. McGregor; D. J. Galloway; W. D. George
- Book ID
- 104738734
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 341 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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โฆ Synopsis
The predictive value and safety of early postoperative radiological assessment of colorectal anastomotic integrity is controversial. In this study, 233 patients with colorectal or left sided colonic anastomoses had water soluble contrast enemas performed in the early postoperative period (mean: day 7 postoperatively, range: days 4 14). A total of 40 radiological leaks were recorded but only 12 of these patients had clinical signs of anastomotic dehiscence. Furthermore, 11 patients who had normal contrast enemas subsequently developed a clinical anastomotic leak. There were therefore 28 (/2.0%) false positive and 11 (4.7%) false negative results giving values for the specificity and sensitivity of the radiological investigation of 86.7% and 52.2% respectively. Only 3 patients (1.3 %) developed a clinically apparent anastomotic complication following a contrast enema. We conclude that while radiological assessment of distal large bowel anastomoses in the early postoperative period appears to be a safe procedure, it provides little useful clinical information with regard to early postoperative morbidity. Recent work has, however, suggested that radiological anastomotic integrity may be relevant to long term outcome following surgery for colorectal cancer.
R~sum~. La valeur pr6dictive et la s6curit6 d'un contr61e radiologique post-op~ratoire pr6coce de l'int6grit6 d'une anastomose colo-rectale est controvers6e. Dans cette 6rude 233 malades avec des anastomoses colo-rectales ou coliques gauches ont eu un lavement baryt6 aux hydrosolubles ex~cut6 dans la p6riode post-op6ratoire pr6coce (moyenne: 7 jours, +cart: 4-14). Un total de 40 fistules radiologiques 6taient enregistr6es mais seulement 12 de ces malades avaient des signes cliniques de fistule anastomotique. De plus 11 malades qui avaient un lavement normal ont d6velopp~ ult6rieurement une fistule anastomotique clinique. II y a eu par consequent 28 (12%) faux positifs et 11 (4,7 %) faux n6gatifs avec donc une sp6cifi-cit~ et une sensitivit6 de l'examen radiologique respectivement de 86,7% et de 52,2%. Seuls 3 malades (1,3%) ont d6velopp~ une complication anast0motique 6vidente a_pr~s un lavement baryt& Nous concluons que tandis que l'examen radiologique des anastomoses sur le colon distal dans la p6riode post-op6ratoire pr6coce semble ~tre un proc6d6 sur, il fournit peu d'indication utile en ce qui concerne la morbidit~ post-op6ratoire pr6coce. Un travail r6cent toutefois sugg6re que l'int~grit6 anastomotique radiologique peut ~tre en relation avec l'6volution long terme apr+s chirurgie pour cancer colo-rectal.
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