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Is ileostomy always necessary following rectal resection for deep infiltrating endometriosis?
Cherif Akladios1, Pietro Messori1, Emilie Faller1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France; IRCAD, Strasbourg, France.
Objective:
To verify the hypothesis that in most patients bowel segmental resection to treat endometriosis can be safely performed without creation of a stoma and to discuss the limitations of this statement.
Design:
Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification III).
Setting:
Tertiary referral center.
Patients:
Forty-one women with sigmoid and rectal endometriotic lesions who underwent segmental resection.
Intervention:
Segmental resection procedures performed between 2004 and 2011. Patient demographic, operative, and postoperative data were compared.
Measurements And Main Results:
Sigmoid resection was performed in 6 patients (15%), and rectal anterior resection in 35 patients (high in 21 patients [51%], and low, i.e., <10 cm from the anal verge, in 14 [34%]). In 4 patients a temporary ileostomy was created. There was 1 anastomotic leak (2.4%), in a patient with an unprotected anastomosis, which was treated via laparoscopic surgery and creation of a temporary ileostomy. Other postoperative complications included hemoperitoneum, pelvic abscess, pelvic collection, and a ureteral vaginal fistula, in 1 patient each (all 2.4%).
Conclusion:
A protective stoma may be averted in low anastomosis if it is >5 cm from the anal verge and there are no adverse intraoperative events.
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